Lambeth Quadrilateral

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The Lambeth Quadrilateral is an Anglican statement of four key principles—Scripture, the creeds, the sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist, and the historic episcopate—proposed as a basis for Christian unity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican doctrinal statement
ecumenical statement
adoptedAs Resolution 11 of the 1888 Lambeth Conference
linked to: Lambeth Conference
adoptedBy House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Lambeth Conference
adoptedInYear 1886
1888
affirms Apostles' Creed as baptismal symbol
Baptism and the Supper of the Lord as ordained by Christ
Nicene Creed as sufficient statement of the Christian faith
linked to: Nicene Creed

Old and New Testaments as containing all things necessary to salvation
historic episcopate locally adapted
alsoKnownAs Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral
defines minimum basis for church reunion from an Anglican perspective
denomination Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
linked to: Episcopal Church
emphasizes authority of Scripture
ecumenical creeds
episcopal church governance
two dominical sacraments
firstPublishedBy William Reed Huntington
firstPublishedIn The Church Idea
formulatedBy William Reed Huntington
formulatedInYear 1870
geographicScope Anglican Communion
hasComponent Apostles' Creed
linked to: Apostles’ Creed

Holy Scripture
linked to: Bible

Nicene Creed
historic episcopate
sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist
hasInfluenceOn Anglican Communion ecumenical policy
Anglican identity discussions
hasNumberOfArticles 4
hasTheologicalFocus authority of tradition and Scripture
ecclesiology
sacramental theology
influencedBy 19th-century ecumenical movement
language English
placeOfFormalAdoption Lambeth Palace
proposesAsBasisFor Christian unity
relatedTo Chicago Quadrilateral
Lambeth Conference resolutions
linked to: Lambeth Conference
religiousTradition Anglicanism
usedFor Anglican ecumenical dialogue
Anglican–Lutheran conversations
Anglican–Methodist conversations
Anglican–Old Catholic conversations
Anglican–Orthodox conversations
Anglican–Roman Catholic conversations

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Church of Nigeria doctrinalStandard Lambeth Quadrilateral
Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral alsoKnownAs Lambeth Quadrilateral
Anglican confessional documents includes Lambeth Quadrilateral
Bishop of Liverpool uses Lambeth Quadrilateral as doctrinal framework (via Church of England)
linked to: Lambeth Quadrilateral