Term
Six Articles
A 1539 manifesto by Henry VIII mandating conformity to six traditional Catholic doctrines and forbidding further reformation beyond the rejection of papal supremacy.
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Definition
The manifesto, issued at the instigation of Henry VIII in 1539, forbidding the furtherance of reformation beyond renunciation of papal supremacy. Conformity was required on each of six controversial issues: belief in transubstantiation, Communion in one kind, compulsory clerical celibacy, private Masses, and auricular confession.
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Sources
- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 771Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 771.
Last revised August 14, 2026