GENERAL PRINCIPLES 25 



THE LAMBETH ARTICLES OF UNITY 



The next stage in the history is to be 

 traced in the proceedings of the last Pan- 

 Anglican Conference, convened by the 

 Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth 

 Palace in 1888. It appears that for more 

 than thirty years a movement like that on 

 this side of the ocean had been gaining 

 strength and clearness in the convocations 

 both of Canterbury and York, as well as in 

 the colonial synods of Canada and Aus- 

 tralia ; and by the time it came before the 

 assembled bishops it had pervaded the 

 whole Anglican communion throughout 

 the world. The result of their delibera- 

 tions was the adoption of the four American 

 articles with two slight amendments. In 

 the first article the Holy Scriptures are 

 not characterized simply "as the revealed 

 Word of God," but more precisely "as 

 containing all things necessary to salvation 

 and as being the rule and ultimate standard 

 of faith." In the second article "the 

 Apostles' Creed, as the baptismal symbol," 

 was added to "the Mcene Creed, as the 

 sufficient statement of the Christian faith." 

 There were, however, some significant 



