Article 16 of 39: "Of Sin after Baptism"

The Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England


Article XVI


Of Sin after Baptism



Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given and fall into sin, and by the grace