Thirty-Nine Articles Of Religion

WE do not suffer any man "to reject" the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England "at his pleasure"; yet neither do we look upon them as essentials of saving faith or "legacies of Christ and of His Apostles"; but in a mean, as pious opinions fitted for the preservation of Unity. Neither do we oblige any man to believe them, but only not to contradict them.

Archbishop of Armagh, John Bramhall (1594-1663)

I Of Faith In The Holy Trinity

II Of The Word, Or Son Of God, Which Was Made Very Man

III Of The Going Of Christ Down Into Hell

IV Of The Resurrection Of Christ

V Of The Holy Ghost

VI Of The Sufficiency Of The Holy Scriptures For Salvation

VII Of The Old Testament

VIII Of The Three Creeds

IX Of Original Or Birth Sin

X Of Free Will

XI Of The Justification Of Man

XII Of Good Works

XIII Of Works Before Justification

XIV Of Works Of Supererogation

XV Of Christ Alone Without Sin

XVI Of Sin After Baptism

XVII Of Predestination And Election

XVIII Of Obtaining Eternal Salvation Only By The Name Of Christ

XIX Of The Church

XX Of The Authority Of The Church

XXI Of The Authority Of General Councils

XXII Of Purgatory

XXIII Of Ministering In The Congregation

XXIV Of Speaking In The Congregation In A Tongue Such as The People Understandeth

XXV Of The Sacraments

XXVI Of The Unworthiness Of Ministers, Which Hinders Not The Effect Of The Sacrament

XXVII Of Baptism

XXVIII Of The Lord’s Supper

XXIX Of Wicked Which Do Not Eat The Body Of Christ In The Use Of The Lord’s Supper

XXX Of Both Kinds

XXXI Of The One Oblation Of Christ Finished Upon The Cross

XXXII Of The Marriage Of Priests

XXXIII Of Excommunicate Persons, How They Are To Be Avoided

XXXIV Of The Traditions Of The Church

XXXV Of Homilies

XXXVI Of The Consecration of Bishops and Ministers

XXXVII Of The Civil Magistrates

XXXVIII Of Christian Men’s Goods, Which Are Not Common

XXXIX Of A Christian Man’s Oath