Thirty-Nine Articles · Chapter 20
Of the aucthoritie of the Church
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1. The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and aucthoritie in controuersies of fayth: And yet it is not lawfull for the Church to ordayne any thyng that is contrarie to Gods worde written, neyther may it so expounde one place of scripture, that it be repugnaunt to another. Wherefore, although the Churche be a witnesse and a keper of holy writ: yet, as it ought not to decree any thing agaynst the same, so besides the same, ought it not to enforce any thing to be beleued for necessitie of saluation.
Commentary
- Gilbert Burnet, An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England (1699), on this paragraph
- Thomas Rogers, The Faith, Doctrine, and Religion, Professed, and Protected in the Realm of England, Expressed in Thirty-Nine Articles (1607), on this paragraph
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