Thirty-nine Articles

British  

plural noun

1. a set of formulas defining the doctrinal position of the Church of England, drawn up in the 16th century, to which the clergy are required to give general consent

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Thirty-nine Articles Cultural  

1. Thirty-nine fundamental beliefs of the Anglican Communion, in addition to the common Christian creeds. The Thirty-nine Articles, most of which are short paragraphs, set down differences in belief between Anglicans and other Christians.

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Example Sentences

He loved the theater � but when he met beautiful Actress Irene Vanbrugh he could think of nothing to talk about but the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England.

From Time Magazine Archive

The breach with the mother church was completed by the adoption of a creed in which the Thirty-nine Articles were reduced to twenty-five.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

Certificate of subscribing to the Thirty-nine Articles, October 7th, 1760.

From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.

The Creed, which every Jew ought to believe and rehearse daily, but which they treat as Churchmen do their Thirty-nine Articles, is as follows:— 1. 

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

The Thirty-nine Articles of the Code of Honor were carefully consulted, and the question was finally determined in the affirmative.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George