ABSTRACT
The first appearance of Article XXIX of the Church of England is in Archbishop Parker’s MS., which was signed by the bishops on January 29, 1563. It is also found in two English MSS. of almost the same date, in the Record Office, in one of which there is a marginal note: “This is the original, but not passed.” The language of the Article has been traced to no earlier formulary; but it is throughout suggested by a passage in the works of S. Augustine on S. John’s Gospel. It is thought, however, that the text has been interpolated, and that the words placed in brackets are due, not to Augustine, but to Bede, in whose Commentary they are also found. Coming to the consideration of the substance of the Article, it may be noticed that the phrase employed in the title is not repeated in the Article itself.
