THIRTY-NINE

ARTICLES, THE. There articles of religion contain statements on ceriasin points of doctrine ou which differences of opinion were prevslent at the time of the Reformation. In _ the reign of Edward VI. forty-two articles drawn Be penal orth ae a ne royal au ° reign Elizabeth, Convocation reduced the number to thirty-nine, and po ed them in the form in which they now ores at the end of the Prayer Took. ‘© these articles every clergyman of th Chureb of England has given his solemz e cat..| [s. 299]