A series of points of doctrine historically accepted as representing the teaching of the Church of England.
三十九条信纲（以往被认为代表了英国国教会教义的一系列要点）
Example sentencesExamples
His successor, John Whitgift, required all clergy to subscribe to the royal supremacy, Prayer Book, and Thirty-nine Articles, or else be deprived.
Probably few people apart from religious professionals spend much time thinking about doctrinal statements such as the Nicene Creed or the Thirty-nine Articles.
Since the first of its Thirty-nine Articles describes God as ‘without body, parts, or passions,’ he waggishly theorized that the church was atheistic.
Acceptance of the doctrine of the Trinity is the first of the Thirty-nine Articles to which an Anglican was supposed to subscribe.
Throughout his ministry he became known and beloved as a defender of the evangelical reformed faith as expressed in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, of the Church of England.
Definition of Thirty-nine Articles in US English:
Thirty-nine Articles
plural noun
A series of points of doctrine historically accepted as representing the teaching of the Church of England.
三十九条信纲（以往被认为代表了英国国教会教义的一系列要点）
Example sentencesExamples
Probably few people apart from religious professionals spend much time thinking about doctrinal statements such as the Nicene Creed or the Thirty-nine Articles.
Acceptance of the doctrine of the Trinity is the first of the Thirty-nine Articles to which an Anglican was supposed to subscribe.
Since the first of its Thirty-nine Articles describes God as ‘without body, parts, or passions,’ he waggishly theorized that the church was atheistic.
Throughout his ministry he became known and beloved as a defender of the evangelical reformed faith as expressed in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, of the Church of England.
His successor, John Whitgift, required all clergy to subscribe to the royal supremacy, Prayer Book, and Thirty-nine Articles, or else be deprived.