...23 The last of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England, “Of a Christian Man's Oath”: “As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, so we judge that Christian religion doth not prohibit but that a man may swear when the magistrate...

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...poor, according to his ability. 38. Christian Men may take an Oath (38/31. Of a Christian Man's Oath} As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and his Apostle James (his Apostle); so we 309 esse fatemur: ita Christianam religionem minime prohibere...

...positions with their permitted "take" of civil oaths and their proscribed "make" of most other oaths: "As we confess that vain and rash Swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord fesus Christ, and lames his Apostle, so we iudge, that Christian Religion doth not probibit, but that...

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...groups to swear at all, reaffirmed that it was lawful to make oaths. The thirty-ninth article stated that 'a man may swear when the magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity'. In keeping with the use of oaths in early modern society, the homily listed oaths before judges, oaths...

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