The Thirty Nine Articles of religion were agreed upon
by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the whole clergy of the Provinces of Canterbury and York, London, in 1562.
They still form part of what every clergy, man or woman, is called upon to affirm at their ordination.
They start from the basic misconception that the Christian life is based on reward for obedience
and progress to irrelevance, through a mire of statements aimed at ensuring compliance
to the present religious hierarchy.
A more ancient doctrine lies in The Didache.
It was created by the early church, possibly at much the same time as the Synoptic Gospels
and thus before the major contoversies and the creation of the formality of Creeds.
Notewothy is that "the Lord" is seen as a reference to God rather than to Jesus.
Doctrine