Revival: The Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of England (1908)

Download or read book Revival: The Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of England (1908) written by Edgar C. S. Gibson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a revival of The Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England, explained with an introduction by Edgar C.S. Gibson. The Articles themselves are the historically defining statements of doctrines and practices of the Church of England with respect to the controversies of the English Reformation. The Thirty-Nine Articles form part of the Book of Common Prayer used by both the Church of England and the Episcopal Church. They were finalised in 1571, and incorporated into the Book of Common Prayer. The book helped to standarize the English language, and was to have a lasting effect on religion in the United Kingdom, and elsewhere through its wide use