{{summary quote | text=The {{:Text:Thirty-Nine Articles are the defining statements of :Title:1}}... [[Anglican doctrineText:Thirty-Nine Articles|Read all 39 articles]]. }}{{Infobox_Contents |topic_name = The articles were established by a Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction of 39 Articles |subtopics = [[Archbishop Matthew Parker]]. They are printed in the [[Book of Common PrayerText:Thirty-Nine Articles]]. Clergy of the * [[Church of England]] are required to take an oath that the doctrine in the Articles is "agreeable to the Word of God," but the laity are not, Creeds and other Churches of the [[Anglican Communioncatechisms]] do not make such a requirement. The Articles highlight some of the major differences between Anglican and Roman Catholic doctrine, as well as more conventional declarations of Christianity.|opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |}}
{{overview}}The Thirty-Nine Articles are some of the defining statements of doctrine in the [[Church of England]]. They are not official doctrinal documents in all Anglican churches, only in some of them. The articles were established by a Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction of [[Archbishop Matthew Parker]]. They are printed in the [[Book of Common Prayer]]. Clergy of the [[Church of England]] are required to take an oath that the doctrine in the Articles is "agreeable to the Word of God," but the laity are not, and other Churches of the [[Anglican Communion]] do not make such a requirement. The Articles highlight some of the major differences between Anglican and late mediaeval Christian doctrinal abuses, as well as more conventional declarations of Christianity.
{{quotes}}==Links==* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Nine_Articles Wikipedia - Thirty-Nine Articles]* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer/Articles_of_Religion Wikisource - Book of Common Prayer/Articles of Religion]