![]() ![]() Belief in the Last Day: A Muslim believes in the day of Judgment.God who revealed the Quran is protecting it from being lost, corrupted, or concealed. Muslims till today memorize the Quran word by word as a whole or in part. Today the Quran is the only authentic and complete book of God. Revelations were given to guide the people to the right path of God. Belief in His revealed Books: A Muslim believes in all scriptures and revelations of God, as they were complete and in their original versions.Their message is the same and it is Islam and it came from One and the Same Source God, and it is to submit to His will and to obey his law, i.e., to become a Muslim. These include Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad. The Holy Quran mentions the names of 25 messengers and prophets and states that there are others. All messengers were mortals, human beings, endowed with Divine revelations and appointed by God to teach mankind. Belief in His Messengers: A Muslim believes in all the Messengers and Prophets of God without any discrimination.Knowledge and truth are not entirely confined to sensory knowledge or sensory perception alone. Angels spend their time in the service of God. They have no physical desires or material needs. They are purely spiritual and splendid beings created by God. Belief in His Angels: A Muslim believes in the angels of God.He is God of all mankind, not of a special tribe or race. He has not fathered anyone nor was He fathered. God has no father nor mother, no sons nor daughters. Belief in Allah: A Muslim believes in One God, Supreme and Eternal, Infinite and Mighty, Merciful and Compassionate, Creator and Provider.Though they have been widely adapted depending on local circumstances, they still form the basis of many Anglican and Protestant churches today. The Articles form the basis of creeds espoused by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, and other Protestant churches around the globe. The far-reaching influence of the 39 Articles in Protestant faith should not be underestimated. In 1571 Parliament made adherence to the 39 Articles a legal requirement, and though that statute no longer holds, they remain the basis of Anglican faith in England to this day. ![]() (You can read the full text of the 39 Articles here). They allow clergy to marry, and affirm the right of the monarch to influence church policy. The articles repudiate Catholic beliefs such as transubstantiation and the sacrifice of the Mass, and affirm the supremacy of scripture. Elizabeth sought to draw together the people of her realm under one umbrella of faith that allowed for individual variation, yet firmly established the primacy of the Anglican church, with her at its head. The 42 Articles were overturned under the fervently Catholic Mary I, but under Elizabeth I the pendulum swung back in favour of reform.īut what flavour of reform should Elizabeth adopt? There were extremists on both sides, some calling hopefully for a return to more Catholic forms of worship, and others clamouring for various extreme protestant views to be advanced.Īs one might expect under Elizabeth I, the articles are couched in ambiguous language, allowing for a broad definition of faith that excluded Roman Catholics and Anabaptists, yet included a spectrum of Protestant beliefs. The articles were established by a Convocation of the Church in 1563, using as a basis the 42 Articles written under the direction of Thomas Cranmer in 1553. The 39 Articles of Religion are the essential beliefs of the Anglican church codified. ![]()
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