Jackson on Article XVIII: Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ
Bernard C. Jackson, 1900
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Article XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ
They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Text: Book of Common Prayer (1662)
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This Article condemns the latitudinarian teach- ing of a certain school of Anabaptists. The gist of their teaching seems to have been that it does not matter what a man believes or to what sect he belongs, provided that he is sincere and in ‘earnest. It is an idea familiar enough in our own day. It is sufficiently answered by the plain statement of Holy Scripture, which, as the Article reminds us, “‘ doth set out to us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.’’ No doubt the reference is to Acts iv., 12.
The anathema of this Article is clearly not in- tended to refer to the heathen, and such as have never heard of Christ, but to those who, while living within sound of the Gospel, presume to say that ‘faith in Christ is not necessary to salvation.
GROUP IV. (ARTICLES XIX.—XXXI).
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