The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral
Note: The form of the Quadrilateral below was based on a declaration of the House of
Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church issued in Chicago in 1886. Click here for the full text of the Chicago declaration.
Lambeth Conference of 1888, Resolution 11
That, in the opinion of this Conference, the following Articles supply a basis on which
approach may be, by God's blessing, made towards Home Reunion:
- The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as "containing all things
necessary to salvation," and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith.
- The Apostles' Creed, as the Baptismal Symbol; and the Nicene Creed, as the sufficient
statement of the Christian faith.
- The two Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself - Baptism and the Supper of the Lord -
ministered with unfailing use of Christ's words of Institution, and of the elements
ordained by Him.
- The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the
varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God into the Unity of His Church.
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