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The ''Lambeth Articles'' were a series of nine doctrinal statements drawn up by Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift in 1595, in order to define Calvinist doctrine with regard to predestination and justification. The Articles were designed to settle a controversy that had arisen at Cambridge University regarding whether God predestines men to eternal life and eternal damnation. To clarify the situation, Whitgift drew up a list to define clearly the doctrines of Calvinism, which adhered to a predestinarian view. The Lambeth Articles (also known as the Nine Articles) were drafted by Dr. William Whitaker, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, who, along with Humphrey Tyndal, Dean of Ely, had been sent to Whitgift by the heads of Cambridge University to settle the controversy. Originally drafted by Whitaker and modified later by Bishops to make them more acceptable to anti-Calvinists, the Articles were signed by: Archbishop Whitgift, Dr. Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, Dr. Richard Vaughan, Bishop elect of Bangor, and others. ==The Articles== # The eternal election of some to life, and the reprobation of others to death. # The moving cause of predestination to life is not the foreknowledge of faith and good works, but only the good pleasure of God. # The number of the elect is unalterably fixed. # Those who are not predestinated to life shall necessarily be damned for their sins. # The true faith of the elect never fails finally nor total. # A true believer, or one furnished with justifying faith, has a full assurance and certainty of remission and everlasting salvation in Christ. # Saving grace is not communicated to all men. # No man can come to the Son unless the Father shall draw him, but all men are not drawn by the Father. # It is not in every one's will and power to be saved. The Articles were written on 20 November 1595 and sent to Cambridge University on 24 November. They were not intended as new laws, but as an explanation of the existing laws of the realm. However, they had not received the Queen's sanction, and although Whitgift maintained that he had Elizabeth's approval, her later actions seem to suggest the contrary. Whitgift said that the Articles should be used privately, with discretion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lambeth Articles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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