Lambeth Articles 1595

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The Lambeth Articles of 1595 were a short set of Calvinist doctrinal statements drafted within the Church of England to clarify and reinforce predestinarian theology during the late Elizabethan period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican doctrinal text ⓘ
Reformed confession ⓘ
doctrinal statement ⓘ
theological document ⓘ
associatedCleric Richard Fletcher ⓘ
Richard Vaughan ⓘ
associatedInstitution Church of England ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
commissionedBy John Whitgift ⓘ
concerns assurance of salvation ⓘ
human free will in salvation ⓘ
scope of Christ’s atonement ⓘ
confessionalFamily Reformed confessions of faith ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 1595 ⓘ
draftedIn 1595 ⓘ
draftedUnderMonarch Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
drafter William Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecclesiasticalContext internal doctrinal disputes within the Church of England ⓘ
genre confessional article ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Elizabethan period ⓘ
influenceOn English Calvinist theology ⓘ
Irish Articles of 1615 ⓘ
early seventeenth-century Anglican debates on predestination ⓘ
intendedFunction clarify predestinarian theology in the Church of England ⓘ
reinforce Calvinist doctrine within the Church of England ⓘ
supplement the Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
notableFeature affirmation of the perseverance of the elect ⓘ
assertion that some are predestined to life and some to death ⓘ
denial that saving grace is given to all ⓘ
emphasis on the certainty of salvation for the elect ⓘ
strong affirmation of unconditional election ⓘ
numberOfArticles 9 ⓘ
opposedBy more moderate and anti-Calvinist elements in the Elizabethan church ⓘ
placeOfDrafting Lambeth Palace ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
relatedTo Irish Articles 1615 ⓘ
Synod of Dort ⓘ
Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ
religiousTradition Anglicanism ⓘ
Calvinism ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
statusInChurchOfEngland never officially adopted by royal authority ⓘ
not incorporated into the Thirty-Nine Articles ⓘ
subjectMatter divine foreknowledge and decree ⓘ
doctrine of grace ⓘ
theologicalFocus election ⓘ
perseverance of the saints ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
reprobation ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Augustinian ⓘ
Calvinist ⓘ
triggeredBy controversy over predestination at the University of Cambridge ⓘ

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Anglican confessional documents → includes → Lambeth Articles 1595 ⓘ