The 39: The Sacraments (3)
As we have seen in our study of the preceding articles in the Thirty-Nine Articles, article 25 on the sacraments maintains that they are not only badges and tokens of…
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The 39: The Sacraments (2)
As we’ve seen in our ongoing study of “The 39,” when the articles discuss essential doctrine, they begin with the general principles of the doctrine before continuing to a more…
The 39: The Sacraments (1)
The Thirty-nine Articles continue its narrative as it sets out a biblically faithful theology of God’s ordained means of grace in the sacraments. As we have seen in our study…
39 Articles—The Visible and Invisible Church (6)
The narrative of the Thirty-nine articles has set the primacy of the Scriptures as the principal means by which God is revealed and has set the details of the application…
39 Articles—The Visible and Invisible Church (5)
We have seen how the Reformation’s rediscovery of sola scriptura reset both the authority of the Church and General Councils (Article 20 and 21) and how necessary it is that…
39 Articles—The Visible and Invisible Church (4)
We have examined how the Reformation’s rediscovery of sola scriptura reset both the authority of the Church (Article 20) and the authority of General Councils (Article 21) to their proper…
39 Articles—The Visible and Invisible Church (3)
The Reformation’s rediscovery of sola scriptura reset both the authority of the Church (Article 20) and the authority of General Councils (Article 21) to their proper status. Article 20 makes…
39 Articles—The Visible and Invisible Church (2)
After setting out the nature of the church in Article 19, the next three articles underline the sufficiency of Scripture in its application to the church’s polity and practice. Articles…
39 Articles—The Visible and Invisible Church (1)
Article 19 marks the third division of the Thirty-Nine Articles. Built on the two articles that precede them, articles 19-22 define the marks of the true church, its visible and invisible…
39 Articles—Christ Alone!
It is important to notice that the group of articles (9-16) that deal with our salvation in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion should close with an anathema—the only time the…
39 Articles—Grace Alone!
Article 17 of the Thirty-Nine Articles is the longest article of all the articles and marks the transition between what has preceded in articles 14-16 and what follows in article…
39 Articles—Guilt, Grace, and Gratitude (7)
Because we’ve had a month’s pause for #Reformation500, it would be good to review the previous seven articles that concern our salvation before we continue. Articles 9 and 10 set…