| 单词 | thirty-nine articles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasThirty-nine Articles Thirty-nine Articles n. clauses of a doctrinal statement drawn up by the Church of England in the sixteenth century, to which those taking orders in that Church have to assent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > [noun] > article article?c1225 Thirty-nine Articles1607 1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. Pref. sig. ¶¶¶¶3 The purpose of our Church is best knowne by the Doctrine which shee doth professe; the Doctrine by the *39. Articles, established by Act of Parliament. 1739 (title) Thirty nine articles of constitutions & canons of Church of England. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) xvii. 272 (note) The Church is not even synonymous with the clergy..according to the definition in the Thirty-nine Articles. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman viii. 211 Straightforward public lying has reached gigantic developments, there being nothing to choose..between..the clergyman subscribing the thirty-nine articles, and the vivisector who pledges his knightly honor that no animal operated on in the physiological laboratory suffers the slightest pain. 1969 A. Richardson Dict. Christian Theol. 336/1 In their revised form the Thirty-nine Articles were passed by Convocation in 1571 and the text finally determined in 1604... Subscription is still required from clergymen on their ordination. < as lemmas |
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