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Creeds

Thirty-Nine Articles

Church of England

1571 English

Edited by Philip Schaff

First published 1571.

Public domain. Not the 1801 American revision.

Contents

  1. The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion (1571)
    1. Article 1. Of fayth in the holy Trinitie
    2. Article 2. Of the worde or sonne of God which was made very man
    3. Article 4. Of the Resurrection of Christe
    4. Article 6. Of the sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for saluation
    5. Article 7. Of the Olde Testament
    6. Article 8. Of the three Credes
    7. Article 9. Of originall or birth sinne
    8. Article 10. Of free wyll
    9. Article 11. Of the iustification of man
    10. Article 12. Of good workes
    11. Article 13. Of workes before iustification
    12. Article 14. Of workes of supererogation
    13. Article 15. Of Christe alone without sinne
    14. Article 16. Of sinne after Baptisme
    15. Article 17. Of predestination and election
    16. Article 18. Of obtaynyng eternall saluation, only by the name of Christe
    17. Article 19. Of the Church
    18. Article 20. Of the aucthoritie of the Church
    19. Article 21. Of the aucthoritie of generall Counselles
    20. Article 22. Of Purgatorie
    21. Article 23. Of ministryng in the congregation
    22. Article 24. Of speakyng in the congregation, in such a tongue as the people understandeth
    23. Article 25. Of the Sacramentes
    24. Article 26
    25. Article 27. Of Baptisme
    26. Article 28. Of the Lordes Supper
    27. Article 29
    28. Article 30. Of both kindes
    29. Article 31. Of the one oblation of Christe finished vppon the Crosse
    30. Article 32. Of the marriage of Priestes
    31. Article 33. Of excommunicate persons, howe they are to be auoided
    32. Article 34. Of the traditions of the Churche
    33. Article 35. Of Homilies
    34. Article 36. Of consecration of Bishops and ministers
    35. Article 37. Of the ciuill Magistrates
    36. Article 38. Of Christian mens goodes, which are not common
    37. Article 39. Of a Christian mans othe