The Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England were intended to establish, in basic terms, the faith and practice of the Church of England. While not designed to be a creed or complete statement of the Christian faith, the articles explain the
Reformed doctrinal position of the Church of England in relation to
Catholicism and
Anabaptism. Wesley revised the Articles in 1784 for the Methodist work in America. His twenty-four Articles reflect both his theological commitments and his desire for doctrinal clarity, shortening some articles and deleting others if they could be easily misread. The articles
Of Sanctification, taken from the
Methodist Protestant Church, and
Of the Duty of Christians to the Civil Authority were added by the Uniting Conference that constituted the
Methodist Church in 1939. ==Contents==