Lambeth Quadrilateral

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The Lambeth Quadrilateral is an Anglican statement of four key principles—Scripture, the creeds, the sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist, and the historic episcopate—proposed as a basis for Christian unity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican doctrinal statement ⓘ
ecumenical statement ⓘ
adoptedAs Resolution 11 of the 1888 Lambeth Conference ⓘ
linked to: Lambeth Conference
adoptedBy House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ⓘ
Lambeth Conference ⓘ
adoptedInYear 1886 ⓘ
1888 ⓘ
affirms Apostles' Creed as baptismal symbol ⓘ
Baptism and the Supper of the Lord as ordained by Christ ⓘ
Nicene Creed as sufficient statement of the Christian faith ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed

Old and New Testaments as containing all things necessary to salvation ⓘ
historic episcopate locally adapted ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral ⓘ
defines minimum basis for church reunion from an Anglican perspective ⓘ
denomination Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ⓘ
linked to: Episcopal Church
emphasizes authority of Scripture ⓘ
ecumenical creeds ⓘ
episcopal church governance ⓘ
two dominical sacraments ⓘ
firstPublishedBy William Reed Huntington ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Church Idea ⓘ
formulatedBy William Reed Huntington ⓘ
formulatedInYear 1870 ⓘ
geographicScope Anglican Communion ⓘ
hasComponent Apostles' Creed ⓘ
linked to: Apostles’ Creed

Holy Scripture ⓘ
linked to: Bible

Nicene Creed ⓘ
historic episcopate ⓘ
sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Anglican Communion ecumenical policy ⓘ
Anglican identity discussions ⓘ
hasNumberOfArticles 4 ⓘ
hasTheologicalFocus authority of tradition and Scripture ⓘ
ecclesiology ⓘ
sacramental theology ⓘ
influencedBy 19th-century ecumenical movement ⓘ
language English ⓘ
placeOfFormalAdoption Lambeth Palace ⓘ
proposesAsBasisFor Christian unity ⓘ
relatedTo Chicago Quadrilateral ⓘ
Lambeth Conference resolutions ⓘ
linked to: Lambeth Conference
religiousTradition Anglicanism ⓘ
usedFor Anglican ecumenical dialogue ⓘ
Anglican–Lutheran conversations ⓘ
Anglican–Methodist conversations ⓘ
Anglican–Old Catholic conversations ⓘ
Anglican–Orthodox conversations ⓘ
Anglican–Roman Catholic conversations ⓘ

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Church of Nigeria → doctrinalStandard → Lambeth Quadrilateral ⓘ
Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral → alsoKnownAs → Lambeth Quadrilateral ⓘ
Anglican confessional documents → includes → Lambeth Quadrilateral ⓘ
Bishop of Liverpool → uses → Lambeth Quadrilateral as doctrinal framework (via Church of England) ⓘ
linked to: Lambeth Quadrilateral