The 39 Articles Project

The 39 Articles Project grew out of a conversation on Twitter about the continuing relevance and interpretation of the 39 Articles of Religion, “Historical Documents” of the Anglican Communion which are rarely considered in the modern Episcopal Church. What developed from that conversation was a series of essays by laypeople, clergy, and scholars from across the Anglican Communion.

• Introductory essays
  • The 39 Articles of Religion for Pastoral Use: The Cure of Souls by the Rev. Canon Greg Goebel
  • Do We Have to Know This? A Historical Overview of the Reception of the Thirty-Nine Articles in The Episcopal Church by the Rev. Thomas Ferguson
  • Reading the 39 Articles of Religion Together by the Rev. Porter C. Taylor
• Article 1
  • Article I: Of Faith in the Holy Trinity by the Rev. Dr. Daniel W. McClain
  • Article I: Of Faith in the Holy Trinity by Dr. Wesley Hill
• Article 2
  • Article II: Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man by Brendan Case
  • II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man by the Rev. K. Nicholas Forti
• Article 3
  • Article III: Of the going down of Christ into Hell by the Rev. Dr. Will Levanway
  • Article III: Of the going down of Christ into hell by the Rev. Canon Scott Gunn
• Article 4
  • Article IV: Of the Resurrection of Christ by Sara A. Misgen
• Article 5
  • Article V: Of the Holy Ghost by Erin Risch Zoutendam
• Article 6
  • “For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free”—Article VI: On the Reading of the Holy Scriptures, Which Contain All Things Necessary for Salvation by the Rev. Jordan Haynie Ware
• Article 7
  • Article VII: On the Old Testament by Potter Cain McKinney
• Article 8
  • Article VIII: Of the Creeds by the Rev. Rakgadi Khobo
• Article 9
  • Article IX: Of Original or Birth-Sin by M.L. Harrison
• Article 10
  • Article X. Of Free-Will by Tyler Conway
• Article 11
  • Article XI: Of the Justification of Man by Ben Crosby
• Article 12
  • Article XII: Of Good Works by Mark Gladman
  • Article XII: On Good Works by the Rev. Jennifer M. Owen
• Article 13
  • Article XIII: Of Works Before Justification by Elisabeth Kincaid
• Article 14
  • Article XIV: Of Works of Supererogation by J. Brandon Meeks
• Article 15
  • ARTICLE XV: Of Christ Alone Without Sin by David Rowe
• Article 16
  • Article XVI – Of Sin after Baptism by the Rev. Michael B.E. Kurth
• Article 17
  • XVII. Of Predestination and Election by the Rev. K.D. Joyce
  • XVII. Of Predestination and Election by the Rev. Canon Dr. Kara N. Slade
• Article 18
  • XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ by the Rev. Joshua Rodriguez-Hobbs
• Article 19
  • Article XIX. Of the Church by Tony Hunt
• Article 20
  • The Church under the Word: The Rights and Rites of the Church in Article XX by the Rev. Canon David Ketter
• Article 21
  • Article XXI: On Ecumenical Councils by Maple Anglican
  • Article XXI: On Ecumenical Councils by Benjamin Barondeau
• Article 22
  • XXII: Of Purgatory by Liza Anderson
  • XXII. Of Purgatory by Michael Fitzpatrick
• Article 23
  • Authority and Accountability in Article XXIII by the Rev. Jordan Trumble
• Article 24
  • On Article XXIV. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the people understandeth by Ian Caveny
  • Article XXIV: Lingua Orandi, Lingua Credendi by the Rev. Canon Giuseppe Gagliano
• Article 25
  • Article XXV: Baptism and Eucharist by the Rev. Jane Gober
  • Article XXV: On the Sacraments by Lucas C. Crossland
• Article 26
  • XXVI. Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacraments by the Rev. Dr. Heather McCance
• Article 27
  • XXVII. Of Baptism by the Rev. Dr. D. Jonathan Grieser
• Article 28
  • Article XXVIII: Of the Lord’s Supper by Drew Nathaniel Keane
• Article 29
  • Through Ordinary Objects: Recognizing Christ’s All-Encompassing Presence. Article XXIX by Richard Pryor, III
• Article 30
  • Article XXX: Of Both Kinds by the Rev. Elizabeth Hadaway
  • “The Cup of the Lord”: the sign and gift of communion in both kinds (Article XXX) by Laudable Practice
• Article 31
  • XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross by David Mahfood
• Article 32
  • Article XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests by the Rev. Ian Lasch
• Article 33
  • XXXIII. Of excommunicate persons, how they are to be avoided by the Rev. Sam McNally-Cross
• Article 34
  • XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the Church by the Rev. Benjamin Garren
  • Article 34: Of the Traditions of the Church by Dan Joslyn-Siematkoski
• Article 35
  • Article 35: Of the Homilies by the Rev. Laurie Brock
  • Article 35: Of the Homilies by Dr. Francis Young
• Article 36
  • Article XXXVI: Rightly, Orderly, and Lawfully Consecrated and Ordered by Jacob Hootman
• Article 37
  • XXXVII. Of the Power of the Civil Magistrates by the Rev. David Peters
• Article 38
  • Article 38: Of Christian Men’s Goods, which are not common by Josh Davis
• Article 39
  • Article 39: Of a Christian Man’s Oath by Edward Watson
  • “You Swore?!” – Article 39 and the Issue of Oaths by Imai Thomas Welch
• Additional essays
  • The Black Rubric by Tanner Moore