ED. LAT. 1563. ENGLISH ED. 1571. AMERICAN REVIS. 1801. tum uanum & temerarium and rashe swearing is for- and rash Swearing is for à Domino nostro Iesu Chri- bidden Christian men by bidden Christian men by sto, & Apostolo eius Iacobo, our Lord Jesus Christe, and our Lord Jesus Christ, and Christianis hominibus inter- James his Apostle: So we James his Apostle, so we dictum esse fatemur: ita iudge that Christian relig- judge, that Christian ReChristianam religionem mi-ion doth not prohibite, but ligion doth not prohibit, nimè prohibere censemus, quin that a man may sweare but that a man may swear iubente Magistratu, in causa when the Magistrate re- when the Magistrate refidei & charitatis, iurare li- quireth, in a cause of faith quireth, in a cause of faith ceat, modò id fiat iuxta, Pro- and charitie, so it be done and charity, so it be done phetæ doctrinam, in iustitia, accordyng to the prophetes according to the Prophets' in iudicio, & ueritate.' teaching, in iustice, iudge- teaching, in justice, judgment, and trueth.' ment, and truth. [The remainder of the English editions is omitted in the American Revision.] The Ratification. Hos Articulos fidei Chri- This Booke of Articles stiana, continentes in uni- before rehearsed, is agayne uersum nouemde cimpaginas approued, and allowed to in autographo, quod asseru- be holden and executed atur apud Reuerendissimum within the Realme, by the in Christo patrem, Domi- ascent and consent of our num Matthæum Centuarien- Soueraigne Ladye Elizasem Archiepiscopum, totius beth, by the grace of GOD, Anglia Primatem & Me- of Englande, Fraunce, and tropolitanum, Archiepiscopi Irelande Queene, defender & Episcopi utriusque Pro- of the fayth, &c. Which uinciæ regni Angliæ, in sa- Articles were deliberately cra prouinciali Synodo le- read, and confirmed agayne gitimè congregati, unanimi by the subscription of the assensu recipiunt & profi- handes of the Archbyshop tentur, & ut ueros atque and Byshoppes of the vpOrthodoxos, manuum sua- per house, and by the subrum subscriptionibus appro- scription of the whole bant, uicesimo nono die men- Cleargie in the neather sis Ianuarij: Anno Domini, house in their Conuoca In the Forty-two Articles of Edward VI. there are four additional Articles—on the Resurrection of the Dead, the State of the Souls of the Departed, Millenarians, and the Eternal Damnation of the Wicked. secundum computationem ec- tion, in the yere of our clesiæ Anglicana, millesimo Lorde GOD. 1571. quingentesimo sexagesimo secundo: uniuersusque Clerus Inferioris domus, eosdem etiam unanimiter & recepit & professus est, ut ex manuum suarum subscriptionibus patet, quas obtulit & deposuit apud eundem Reuerendissimum, quinto die Februarij, Anno prædicto. Quibus omnibus articulis, Serenesima princeps Elizabeth, Dei gratia Anglia, Francia, & Hibernia Re [A Table of the Articles.]1 1 Of fayth in the Trinitie. 3 Of his goyng downe 4 Of his Resurrection. 7 Of the olde Testament. gina, fidei Defensor, &c. per 10 Of free wyll. 13 Of workes before iusti fication. 14 Of workes of superero- 15 Of Christe alone with out sinne. 16 Of sinne after Baptisme. 18 Of obtayning saluation by Christe. 19 Of the Churche. 20 Of the aucthoritie of the Churche. 21 Of the aucthoritie of generall Counsels. 22 Of Purgatorie. 23 Of ministring in the congregation. 24 Of speaking in the con gregation. AMERICAN REVIS. 1801. 'This heading is inserted in the later English editions after the Ratification. ED. LAT. 1563. Excusum Londini apud ENGLISH ED. 1571. 25 Of the Sacramentes. 26 Of the vnworthynesse of the Ministers. 27 Of Baptisme. 28 Of the Lordes supper. 29 Of the wicked whiche eate not the body of 30 Of both kyndes. 31 Of Christes one obla tion. 32 Of the mariage of Priestes. 33 Of excommunicate per sons. 34 Of traditions of the Churche. 35 Of Homilies. 36 Of consecration of Min isters. 37 Of ciuill Magistrates. 38 Of christian mens goods. 39 Of a christian mans othe. ¶ Imprinted at London REGINALDVM Wolfium, Re- in Powles Churchyard, by giæ Maiest. in Latinis ty- Richarde Iugge and Iohn pographum. ANNO DOMINI. Cawood, Printers to the 1563. Queenes Maiestie, in Anno * Cum priuilegio Regiæ AMERICAN REVIS. 1801. THE ANGLICAN CATECHISM. A.D. 1549, 1662. [The Catechism of the Church of England, and of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, is found in all editions of 'The Book of Common Prayer,' between the Baptismal Service and the Order of Confirmation. It was a part of the first Prayer-book of Edward VI. (1549), headed Confirmacion,' but has undergone several modifications. The Preface to the Commandments with their full text was added in 1552. The explanation of the Sacraments was added in 1604 by Bishop Overall, at that time Dean of St. Paul's and Prolocutor of the Convocation. The last revision of the Prayer-book in 1661 (published 1662) introduced the heading ‘A Catechism,' and a few changes in the answer on baptism. The American text, in the explanation of the Commandments, substitutes 'the civil authority' for 'the king and all that are put in authority under him,' and omits several directions in the rubrics. These and other changes are indicated by italics. The authentic text is found in the Black-letter Prayer-book, so called, which contains the original marginal MS. notes and alterations of 1661, and was annexed to the Act of Uniformity. It was supposed to be lost, but recovered in 1867 in the Library of the House of Lords, and reproduced in photozincographic fac-simile for the Royal Commissioners on Ritual, with a Preface by Dean Stanley, London, 1871, large 4to. Besides this, I have compared the reprint of the Prayer-book of 1662, published in London, 1853, pp. 251-258, and The Book of Common Prayer, with notes legal and historical, by Archibald John Stephens, Lond. 1854, Vol. III. pp. 1449-1477.] A CATECHISM; THAT IS TO SAY, AN INSTRUCTION, TO BE LEARNED OF EVERY PERSON BEFORE HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BISHOP. Question. What is your name? Answer. N. or M. Ques. Who gave you this name? Ans. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. Ques. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you? Ans. They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. Secondly, that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. And, thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life. Ques. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promised for thee? Ans. Yes, verily; and by God's help so I will. And I heartily The American Episcopal Prayer-book reads My Sponsors, for My Godfathers and God mothers. 2 Amer. ed.: Sponsors. thank our heavenly Father that he hath called me to this state of salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end. Catechist. Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief. Answer. I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. Ques. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief? Ans. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect1 people of God. Ques. You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers2 did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments. Tell me how many there be? Ans. Ten. Ques. Which be3 they? Ans. The same which God spake in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I. Thou shalt have none other gods but me. II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor 1 Amer. ed. omits elect. 2 Amer. ed.: Sponsors. 3 Amer. ed.: are. |