Article XXXIX: Of a Christian man’s oath
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXIX: Of a Christian man’s oath As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord...
"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 XXXIX: Of a Christian man’s oath As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXVIII: Of Christian men’s goods which are not common The riches and goods of Christians are not common, as touching the...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXVII: Of the civil magistrates The Queen’s Majesty hath the chief power in this realm of England and other her dominions,...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXVI: Of consecration of bishops and ministers The Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops and ordering of Priests and Deacons,...
This post is part of a Lenten series on the 39 Articles. Article XXXV: Of Homilies The second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof we have joined under this Article, doth contain a...
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...