Irish Articles of Religion 1615

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Anglican confession Reformed confession confessional document doctrinal statement

The Irish Articles of Religion 1615 are a Reformed Anglican doctrinal statement of the Church of Ireland that strongly influenced later confessional standards such as the Westminster Confession.

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Label	Occurrences
Irish Articles 1615	1
Irish Articles of 1615	1
Irish Articles of Religion 1615 canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11675350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Irish Articles of Religion 1615
Context triple: [Anglican confessional documents, includes, Irish Articles of Religion 1615]

A. Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a 17th-century Reformed doctrinal standard that systematically sets out key Calvinist beliefs on theology, worship, and church life.
B. Scots Confession
The Scots Confession is a foundational 1560 Reformed doctrinal statement of the Church of Scotland that helped shape Presbyterian theology and church governance.
C. Four Gallican Articles
The Four Gallican Articles were a 1682 declaration by the French clergy asserting the limits of papal authority and the traditional liberties of the Gallican (French) Church.
D. Thirty-Nine Articles
The Thirty-Nine Articles are a foundational set of doctrinal statements that define the core beliefs and theological positions of the Anglican tradition.
E. New Hampshire Confession of Faith
The New Hampshire Confession of Faith is an influential 19th-century Baptist doctrinal statement that helped shape later evangelical and Baptist confessions in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Irish Articles of Religion 1615
Target entity description: The Irish Articles of Religion 1615 are a Reformed Anglican doctrinal statement of the Church of Ireland that strongly influenced later confessional standards such as the Westminster Confession.

A. Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a 17th-century Reformed doctrinal standard that systematically sets out key Calvinist beliefs on theology, worship, and church life.
B. Scots Confession
The Scots Confession is a foundational 1560 Reformed doctrinal statement of the Church of Scotland that helped shape Presbyterian theology and church governance.
C. Four Gallican Articles
The Four Gallican Articles were a 1682 declaration by the French clergy asserting the limits of papal authority and the traditional liberties of the Gallican (French) Church.
D. Thirty-Nine Articles
The Thirty-Nine Articles are a foundational set of doctrinal statements that define the core beliefs and theological positions of the Anglican tradition.
E. New Hampshire Confession of Faith
The New Hampshire Confession of Faith is an influential 19th-century Baptist doctrinal statement that helped shape later evangelical and Baptist confessions in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican confession ⓘ Reformed confession ⓘ confessional document ⓘ doctrinal statement ⓘ
affirmsDoctrine	Trinity ⓘ authority of Scripture ⓘ justification by faith ⓘ original sin ⓘ perseverance of the saints ⓘ predestination ⓘ total depravity ⓘ
approvedBy	Irish Convocation ⓘ
authorAssociatedWith	James Ussher ⓘ linked to: Archbishop James Ussher
comparedWith	Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion ⓘ linked to: Thirty-Nine Articles
countryOfOrigin	Ireland ⓘ
dateAdopted	1615 ⓘ
denomination	Church of Ireland ⓘ
draftedUnderAuthorityOf	Church of Ireland ⓘ
field	systematic theology ⓘ
hasPart	Articles 1–19 ⓘ Articles 20–52 ⓘ Articles 53–87 ⓘ Articles 88–104 ⓘ
hasStrongerEmphasisOn	covenant theology ⓘ predestination than the Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ
historicalContext	early Stuart period ⓘ post-Reformation Ireland ⓘ
influenced	Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ
influencedTradition	Presbyterian confessionalism ⓘ Reformed orthodoxy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
numberOfArticles	104 ⓘ
placeOfAdoption	Dublin ⓘ
recognizesSacrament	Lord’s Supper ⓘ linked to: Eucharist baptism ⓘ
rejectsDoctrine	meritorious works for justification ⓘ papal supremacy ⓘ transubstantiation ⓘ
relatedTo	Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion ⓘ linked to: Thirty-Nine Articles
religiousTradition	Calvinism ⓘ Reformed Anglicanism ⓘ
status	superseded as primary standard in Church of Ireland ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Calvinist ⓘ linked to: Calvinism Reformed ⓘ
viewOnChurch	visible and invisible church distinction ⓘ
viewOnSacraments	two gospel sacraments ⓘ
viewOnScripture	Scripture as sole infallible rule of faith ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglican confessional documents → includes → Irish Articles of Religion 1615 ⓘ

Lambeth Articles 1595 → influenceOn → Irish Articles of 1615 ⓘ

linked to: Irish Articles of Religion 1615

Lambeth Articles 1595 → relatedTo → Irish Articles 1615 ⓘ