IAR 1.3
Irish Articles of Religion
1.3. Of the Holy Scripture and the Three Creeds
The other Books, commonly called Apocryphal, did not proceed from such inspiration, and therefore are not of sufficient authority to establish any point of doctrine; but the Church doth read them as Books containing many worthy things for example of life and instruction of manners. Such are these following: The Third Book of Esdras. Baruch, with the Epistle of Jeremiah. The Fourth Book of Esdras. The Song of the Three Children. The Book of Tobias. Susanna. The Book of Judith. Bell and the Dragon. Additions to the Book of Esther. The Prayer of Manasses. The Book of Wisdom. The First Book of Maccabæus. The Book of Jesus, the Son of Sarah, called Ecclesiasticus. The Second Book of Maccabæus.
For discussion
- WCF 1.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- SC60 6.4 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?