Article XXXIV: Of the traditions of the Church
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXIV: Of the traditions of the Church It is not necessary that traditions and ceremonies be in all places one or...
"Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise thee" -- George Herbert (1633)
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXIV: Of the traditions of the Church It is not necessary that traditions and ceremonies be in all places one or...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXIII: Of excommunicated persons, how they are to be avoided That persons which by open denunciation of the Church is rightly...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXII: Of the marriage of priests Bishops, Priests, and Deacons are not commanded by God’s laws either to vow the estate...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXI: Of the one oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross The offering of Christ once made is the perfect redemption,...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXX: Of both kinds The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the lay people; for both parts...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXIX: Of the wicked, which eat not the Body of Christ in the use of the Lord’s Supper The Wicked, and...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXVIII: Of the Lord’s Supper The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXVII: Of Baptism Baptism is not only a sign of profession and mark of difference whereby Christian men are discerned from...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXVI: Of the unworthiness of the ministers, which hinders not the effect of the sacraments Although in the visible Church the...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXV: Of the sacraments Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men’s profession, but rather they...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXIV: Of speaking in the congregation in such a tongue as the people understandeth It is a thing plainly repugnant to...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXIII: Of ministering in the congregation It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public...