Thirty-nine Articles were finalised in 1571, and incorporated into the Book of Common Prayer.
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Thirty-nine Articles were finalised in 1571, and incorporated into the Book of Common Prayer.
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The Ten Thirty-nine Articles were crafted as a rushed interim compromise between conservatives and reformers.
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The first five articles were based on the Wittenberg Thirty-nine Articles negotiated between English ambassadors Edward Foxe, Nicholas Heath and Robert Barnes and German Lutheran theologians, including Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon.
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Thirty-nine Articles defended the use of a number of Catholic rituals and practices opposed by Protestants, such as kissing the cross on Good Friday, while mildly criticising popular abuses and excesses.
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The Act of Six Thirty-nine Articles was repealed in 1547 during the reign of Henry's son, Edward VI.
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Forty-two Thirty-nine Articles were drafted by Cranmer and a small group of fellow Protestants.
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Thirty-nine Articles was intended to establish, in basic terms, the faith and practice of the Church of England.
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The Thirty-nine Articles can be divided into eight sections based on their content:.
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The Thirty-nine Articles continue to be invoked today in the Anglican Church.
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Each of the 44 member churches in the Anglican Communion is free to adopt and authorise its own official documents, and the Thirty-nine Articles are not officially normative in all Anglican Churches.
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However, what the Thirty-nine Articles truly mean has been a matter of debate in the Church since before they were issued.
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Thirty-Nine Articles define the biblically derived summations of precise Christian doctrine.
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The Thirty-Nine Articles are more than minimally assented to; they are believed wholeheartedly.
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In earlier times English and Irish evangelicals would have read Cranmer, Ridley, Latimer, Ussher, and Ryle and would unreservedly agree with Dean Litton's assessment that, 'The Anglican Church, if she is to be judged by the statements of the Thirty-nine Articles, must be ranked among the Protestant Churches of Europe.
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