Extract from The Historical Background and Importance of the 1615 Irish Articles – To read the full text, click “Download” below.
The Westminster Assembly of 1643 48f was commissioned by an Act of the English Parliament. It was designed for the political and religious benefit of the entire British Isles. Representatives were invited also from Colonial America. Delegates attended even from France.
Westminster was by far the greatest Christian Council ever held. The second greatest and one which to some extent influenced Westminster was probably the 1618 19 Synod of Dordt.
Just four years before Dordt, the 1615 Irish Articles of the famous Puritan Anglican Archbishop James Ussher had appeared. These exerted an enormous influence on the Westminster Assembly.
