THE PRINCIPLES OF THEOLOGY.. 14

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES. 14

PREFACE (1977), J. I. Packer 15

INTRODUCTION.. 26

REVELATION.. 26

FAITH.. 30

DOCTRINE. 33

THEOLOGY.. 34

CREEDS, CONFESSIONS, AND ARTICLES. 35

THE ANGLICAN ARTICLES. 37

THE HISTORY OF THE ARTICLES. 42

INTRODUCTION.. 42

LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS. 43

“REFORMED” CONFESSIONS. 46

THE CHURCH OF ROME. 47

THE EASTERN CHURCH.. 49

THE ENGLISH ARTICLES IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII 50

THE ARTICLES OF EDWARD VI 57

THE THIRTY-EIGHT ARTICLES OF 1563. 61

THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES OF 1571. 66

INTERPRETATION AND OBLIGATION OF THE ARTICLES. 70

ANALYSIS OF THE ARTICLES. 84

I. —THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH (Articles I-V). 88

ARTICLE I. 89

I.—THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.. 90

II^.—THE NATURE OF GOD.. 104

III.—THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.. 107

IV.—THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD IN NATURE. 109

V.—THE REVELATION OF GOD IN CHRIST. 114

THE HISTORY OF THE DOCTRINE. 127

ARTICLE II 130

I.—THE DIVINE NATURE OF CHRIST. 132

II.—THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 141

III.—THE DEATH OF CHRIST. 154

THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT. 156

ARTICLE III