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

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Edgar C. S. Gibson
Routledge, Dec 20, 2018 - Religion - 856 pages

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

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INTRODUCTION
1
THE FORTYTWO ARTICLES OF 1553
70
ARTICLE IOF FAITH IN THE HOLY TRINITY
90
ARTICLE IIOF THE WORD OR SON OF GOD WHICH WAS MADE VERY MAN ...
119
ARTICLE IIIOF THE GOING DOWN OF CHRIST INTO HELL ...
159
ARTICLE IVOF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
181
ARTICLE VOF THE HOLY GHOST
198
ARTICLE VIOF THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES FOR SALVATION ...
230
ARTICLE XXIOF THE AUTHORITY OF GENERAL COUNCILS ...
529
ARTICLE XXIIOF PURGATORY
537
ARTICLE XXIIIOF MINISTERING IN THE CONGREGATION ...
573
ARTICLE XXIVOF SPEAKING IN THE CONGREGATION IN SUCH A TONGUE AS THE PEOPLE UNDERSTANDETH ...
581
ARTICLE XXVOF THE SACRAMENTS
585
ARTICLE XXVIOF THE UNWORTHINESS OF THE MINISTERS WHICH HINDERS NOT THE EFFECT OF THE SACRAMENTS ...
615
ARTICLE XXVIIOF BAPTISM
620
ARTICLE XXVIIIOF THE LORDS SUPPER
640

ARTICLE VIIOF THE OLD TESTAMENT
280
ARTICLE VIIIOF THE THREE CREEDS
296
ARTICLE IXOF ORIGINAL OR BIRTH SIN
357
ARTICLE XOF FREEWILL
378
ARTICLE XIOF THE JUSTIFICATION OF MAN
388
ARTICLE XIIOF GOOD WORKS
410
ARTICLE XIIIOF WORKS BEFORE JUSTIFICATION
415
ARTICLE XIVOF WORKS OF SUPEREROGATION
424
ARTICLE XVOF CHRIST ALONE WITHOUT SIN
439
ARTICLE XVIOF SIN AFTER BAPTISM
444
ARTICLE XVIIOF PREDESTINATION AND ELECTION ...
459
ARTICLE XVIIIOF OBTAINING ETERNAL SALVATION ONLY BY THE NAME OF CHRIST ...
488
ARTICLE XIXOF THE CHURCH
493
ARTICLE XXOF THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH
511
ARTICLE XXIXOF THE WICKED WHICH DO NOT EAT THE BODY OF CHRIST IN THE USE OF THE LORDS SUPPER ...
668
ARTICLE XXXOF BOTH KINDS
676
ARTICLE XXXI OF THE ONE OBLATION OF CHRIST FINISHED UPON THE CROSS
687
ARTICLE XXXIIOF THE MARRIAGE OF PRIESTS
695
HOW THEY ARE TO BE AVOIDED ...
705
ARTICLE XXXIVOF THE TRADITIONS OF THE CHURCH ...
716
ARTICLE XXXVOF HOMILIES
722
ARTICLE XXXVIOF CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS AND MINISTERS ...
729
ARTICLE XXXVIIOF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATES
759
ARTICLE XXXVIIIOF CHRISTIAN MENS GOODS WHICH ARE NOT COMMON ...
783
ARTICLE XXXIXOF A CHRISTIAN MANS OATH
788
INDEX
792
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Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson (23 January 1848, Fawley, Hampshire, England - 8 March 1924, Fareham) was the 31st Bishop of Gloucester. He was born into a clerical family and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford. Ordained in 1872, his first post was as Chaplain at Wells Theological College, rising to Vice Principal in 1875. His next post was as principal of Leeds Clergy School and he later became Rural Dean of the area and Vicar of Leeds Parish Church.

He was appointed an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria in early January 1901. In 1905 he was elevated to the episcopate where he remained until his death 19 years later.

His obituary in The Times noted that, "[h]e was an administrator and organizer of remarkable grasp and distinction"

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