The New International Encyclopædia/Bishops' Book

BISHOPS' BOOK. A primer of doctrine and instruction, compiled by a commission of bishops and ministers of the English Church, in 1537, and known also as The Institution of a Christian Man. It contains an exposition of the Apostles' Creed, the Seven Sacraments, the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the doctrines of justification and purgatory. It is contained in Formularies of Faith Put forth by Authority during the Reign of Henry VIII. (Oxford, 1823). Consult Hardwick, Reformation (London, 1856).