9 September 2015 A.D. 6th of 39 Articles, “Sufficiency of Holy Scriptures”—John Whitgift, 73rd Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604)
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September 2015 A.D. 6th of 39 Articles,
“Sufficiency of Holy Scriptures”—John Whitgift, 73rd Archbishop of
Canterbury (1583-1604)
Jones,
Thomas R. “An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles.” NewScriptorium. N.d. http://newscriptorium.com/assets/docs/anglican/39-articles/jones39reformers.htm. Accessed 7 Jun 2015.
An
Exposition of the Thirty Nine Articles, By the Reformers: Extracts carefully
and fully selected from the Works of Latimer, Ridley, Cranmer, Hooper, Jewel,
Philpot, Pilkington, Coverdale, Becon, Bradford, Sandys, Grindal, Whitgift,
Etc.
ARCHBISHOP WHITGIFT –
“There is nothing necessary to eternal life which is not both commanded and
expressed in the Scriptures. I count it expressed, when it is either in
manifest modes contained in Scripture, or thereof gathered by necessary
collation. I have learned of St. Augustine to give this reverence only to
the writers of canonical Scripture, that I think none of them to have erred in
writing. And I do firmly believe, that only the books of the canonical
Scriptures are of that absoluteness and perfection, that nothing may be taken
away from them, nothing added to them. ... I also confess that in all other
things we must be so directed by the Scriptures, that we do nothing contrary to
the true sense and meaning of them; no, not in external and in the least
matters; neither do I otherwise write, teach, or speak of the perfection and
authority of the Scriptures, than all other learned men and the reformed Churches
teach, write, and believe. ... When I say that the Scriptures contain all
things necessary unto salvation, I do not mean that it containeth those things
only, neither do I deny but that the word of God so containeth generally the
direction of all things pertaining to the Church, or that can fall to any part
of man’s life, that nothing ought to be done in that Church or in the life of
man contrary to the word of God, or not according to the true intent and
meaning of the same. Yet do I deny that the Scriptures do express
particularly every thing that is to be done in the Church.” – Defence of the
Answer to the Admonition.
Article VI—Of the Sufficiency of the Holy
Scriptures for Salvation.
Holy Scripture
containeth all things necessary to salvation; so that whatsoever is not read
therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it
should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or
necessary to salvation. In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand
those canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was
never any doubt in the Church.
Of the Names and Number of the Canonical Books.
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy,
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, The First Book of Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, The
First Book of Kings, The Second Book of Kings, The First Book of Chronicles,
The Second Book of Chronicles, The First Book of Esdras, The Second Book of
Esdras, The Book of Esther, The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes or Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets the
greater, Twelve Prophets the less.
And the other Books
(as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of
manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine: such are
these following: – The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourth Book of Esdras, The
Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest of the Book of Esther, The Book of
Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, The Song of the Three
Children, The Story of Susanna, Of Bel and the Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses,
The First Book of Maccabees, The Second Book of Maccabees.
All the Books of the
New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive, and account them
Canonical.
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