THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES. 13

INTRODUCTION.. 18

NOTES. 28

ARTICLE I: OF FAITH IN THE HOLY TRINITY.. 32

SECTION I. – HISTORY.. 32

SECTION II. – SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 46

NOTES. 79

ARTICLE II: OF THE WORD MADE VERY MAN.. 92

SECTION I. — HISTORY.. 92

SECTION II. — SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 97

NOTES. 109

ARTICLE III: DESCENT INTO HELL. 115

I. MEANING OF WORD “HELL”. 115

A. THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “HADES”. 116

B. SCRIPTURAL MEANING OF “HADES”. 119

II. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE LORD’S DESCENT. 123

A. HISTORY OF BELIEF OF DESCENT. 123

B. THE SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 124

III. PURPOSE OF THE DESCENT. 126

A. HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PURPOSE OF DESCENT. 126

B. SCRIPTURAL MEANDING OF THE DESCENT. 129

NOTES. 133

ARTICLE IV: RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 143

SECTION I. – HISTORY.. 143

SECTION II. – SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 146

ENDNOTES. 156

NOTES. 157

ARTICLE V: OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 162

SECTION I. – HISTORY.. 162

SECTION II. – SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 166

NOTES. 169

ARTICLE VI: OF THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES FOR SALVATION 174

SECTION I. – THE SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURE FOR SALVATION.. 178

I. SCRIPTURE. 180

II. REASON.. 188

III. PRIMITIVE FATHERS. 196

SECTION II. – ON THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE⁴³ 201

I. OLD TESTAMENT. 202

II. The Canon of the new Testament rests on the same authority as the Canon of the old. 213

SECTION III. – ON THE REAL VALUE OF TRADITION, AND THE READING OF THE APOCRYPHA. 230

I. SCRIPTURE CONTAINS ALL THINGS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION 230

II. APOCRYPHA.. 236

NOTES. 240

ARTICLE VII: OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 259

SECTION I. – HISTORY.. 259

SECTION II. – SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 263

NOTES. 284

ARTICLE VIII: OF THE THREE CREEDS. 289

SECTION I. – OF CREEDS IN GENERAL. 290

SECTION II. – THE APOSTLES’ CREED.. 292

SECTION III. – THE NICENE CREED.. 294

SECTION IV. – THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS. 298

THE THREE CREEDS IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGES. 307

NOTES. 311

ARTICLE IX: OF ORIGINAL SIN.. 315

SECTION I. – HISTORY.. 316

SECTION II. – SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 323

NOTES. 336

ARTICLE X: OF FREE WILL. 343

SECTION I. – HISTORY.. 344

“OF GRACE. 353

SECTION II. – SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 355

NOTES. 364

ARTICLE XI: OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF MAN.. 369

SECTION I. – HISTORY.. 369

SECTION II. – SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 389

I. SENSE of the word Justification. 389

II. Sense of the word Faith. 393

III. General View of Justification in Scripture. 400

IV. Justification by faith. 401

V. Certain questions on the Doctrine of Justification. 406

NOTES. 411

ARTICLE XII: OF GOOD WORKS. 422

SECTION I. – HISTORY.. 423

SECTION II. – SCRIPTURAL PROOF. 424

I. MERIT DE CONGRUO.. 425