IV. ARTICLES OF RELIGION, AGREED VPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS, AND THE REST OF THE CLEARGIE OF IRELAND, IN THE CONUOCATION HOLDEN AT DUBLIN IN THE YEARE OF OUR LORD GOD 1615, FOR THE AUOIDING OF DIVERSITIES OF OPINIONS, AND THE ESTABLISHING OF CONSENT TOUCHING TRUE RELIGION, PRINTED AT DUBLIN BY JOHN FRANCKTON, PRINTER TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTIE. 1615. ARTICLES OF RELIGION, AGREED VPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS, AND THE REST OF THE CLEARGIE OF IRELAND, IN THE CONUOCATION HOLDEN AT DUBLIN IN THE YEARE OF OUR LORD TRUE RELIGION. Of the holy Scripture and the three Creeds. 1. THE ground of our Religion, and the rule of faith and all sauing trueth is the word of God, contained in the holy Scrip ture. 2. By the name of holy Scripture we understand all the Canonicall Bookes of the Old and New Testament, viz. : All which wee acknowledge to be giuen by the inspiration of God, and in that regard to be of most certaine credit and highest authority. 3. The other Bookes, commonly called Apocryphall, did not proceede from such inspiration, and therefore are not of sufficient authoritie to establish any point of doctrine; but the Church doth reade them as Bookes containing many worthy things for example of life and instruction of maners. 4. The Scriptures ought to be translated out of the originall tongues into all languages for the common use of all mē: neither is any person to be discouraged from reading the Bible in such a language, as he doth vnderstand, but seriously ex-1 horted to read the same with great humilitie and reuerence, as a speciall meanes to bring him to the true knowledge of God, and of his owne duty. 5. Although there bee some hard things in the Scripture |
