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Definition of Irish Articles in English: Irish Articlesnoun (Treated as plural) the confession of faith of the Church of Ireland, drawn up in 1615, and characterized by a more explicit Calvinism, greater hostility to Roman Catholicism, and a less strict support of episcopacy, than the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England.
Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in George Gillespie (1613–1648), Church of Scotland minister and theologian. Definition of Irish Articles in US English: Irish Articlesnoun (Treated as plural) the confession of faith of the Church of Ireland, drawn up in 1615, and characterized by a more explicit Calvinism, greater hostility to Roman Catholicism, and a less strict support of episcopacy, than the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England.
Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in George Gillespie (1613–1648), Church of Scotland minister and theologian. |