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Article VI
OF THE SUFFICIENCY
OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES FOR SALVATION
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Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary
to salvation; so that whatsoever is not read therein, not may be
proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should
be believed as an Article of Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary
to salvation. In the name of Holy Scripture we do understand
those Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority
was never any doubt in the Church. |
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Of the names and Number of the Canonical Books:
Genesis |
The I Book of Samuel |
The Book of Esther |
Exodus |
The II Book of Samuel |
The Book of Job |
Leviticus |
The I Book of Kings |
The Psalms |
Numbers |
The II Book of Kings |
The Proverbs |
Deuteronomy |
The I Book of Chronicles |
Ecclesiastes,
or the Preacher |
Joshua |
The II Book of Chronicles |
Cantica,
or Songs of Solomon |
Judges |
The I Book of Esdras |
Four Prophets the Greater |
Ruth |
The II Book of Esdras |
Twelve Prophets the Less |
The first paragraph
of this Article is based on a similar statement in the 5th of the
Forty-two Articles of 1553. The
rest of the Article was added in 1563, except for the Apocryphal books
marked which were added in 1571.
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