单词 | lambeth quadrilateral |
释义 | > as lemmasLambeth Quadrilateral 3. Christian Church. The essence of Anglicanism as embodied in four principles (see quot. 1957), originally enunciated in 1870 and approved by the Lambeth Conference of 1888 as a basis for the reunion of the Christian Church. Also more fully Lambeth Quadrilateral.A transferred use of sense B. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > [noun] > principles of Lambeth Quadrilateral1870 1870 W. R. Huntington Church-Idea vii. 157 1st. The Holy Scriptures as the Word of God. 2d. The Primitive Creeds as the Rule of Faith. 3d. The two Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself. 4th. The Episcopate as the key-stone of Governmental Unity. These four points, like the four famous fortresses of Lombardy, make the ‘Quadrilateral’ of pure Anglicanism. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 120/2 The resolutions of the Lambeth Conferences have never been regarded as synodical decrees, but their weight has increased with each conference; and in particular the ‘Lambeth Quadrilateral’ of 1888 has already had a great effect as a plan of reunion. 1944 W. Temple Church looks Forward ii. 14 The Lambeth Conference has repeatedly offered as a basis of negotiation the famous Quadrilateral. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 781/2 Lambeth Quadrilateral... The text of the Articles is as follows: A. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments,..as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith. B. The Apostles' Creed..and the Nicene Creed... C. The two Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself—Baptism and the Supper of the Lord... D. The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted. 2001 Church Hist. 70 87 Smith..thought Nonconformists should first define their concept of church in the same manner that the Lambeth Quadrilateral had for Anglicans. < as lemmas |
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