Thirty-Nine Articles by B.J. Kidd

Today’s free book is a history and explanation of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Anglican Church by church historian Beresford James Kidd. This public domain volume is part of the Oxford Church Text Book series.

Beresford James Kidd [1863-1948], The Thirty-Nine Articles. Oxford Church Text Books. London: Rivington, 1899. Hbk. pp.296. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

• Part I.—History of the Articles
  1. The Growth of new Doctrinal Formularies
  2. The Doctrinal Formularies of the reign of Henry VIII
  3. The Forty-two Articles of the reign of dward VI
  4. The Thirty-nine Articles of the reign of Elizabeth
• Explanation
  • Article I
  • Article II
  • Article III
  • Article IV
  • Article V
  • Article VI
  • Article VII
  • Article VIII
• Appendix—The Latin Articles of 1553 and 1593 (I.-VIII)
• Index

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