Venerable vs. terrible

An article in this sense is a doctrine or component of a belief system, religious or otherwise. Most Christian sects have 'articles of faith'. The Church Of England (Anglican) denomination has thirty-nine of them, known as the "Thirty-Nine Articles". They are numbered in the Roman style. At one time new priests were obliged to swear an oath that they agreed with ("subscribed to") all of them. I believe Church of England priests still have to confirm this, but not by an oath.

Here are the first five (I hope I know what I'm doing here!):

I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity

There is but one living and true God, ever- lasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man

The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very Man; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men.

III. Of the going down of Christ into Hell

As Christ died for us, and was buried, so also is it to be believed, that he went down into Hell.

IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ

Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day.

V. Of the Holy Ghost

The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.

The author went on:



Failed to get the grammatical role of "Scriptural literalism, intolerance of diversity, mistrust of science, disregard for the real causes of human and animal suffering." Do these refer to "the division"?

It seems no one would like to answer the above question?

No, those things are the "this" (which the author is lumping into one unnamed phenomenon) that is how the division expresses itself.

Thanks.
Is the lumping legal in linguistic science?

It is common in English.

An ensemble [a group of items viewed as a whole rather than individually] of things: Scriptural literalism, intolerance of diversity, mistrust of science, disregard for the real causes of human and animal suffering - too often, this is how the division between facts and values expresses itself on the religious right.

Gambling, drunken behaviour, fighting, loose morality - this is how we can see the influence of the Devil in our society! (imaginary preacher).

There must be a name for this literary device. I don't know what "legal" means, but it sounds perfectly reasonable to me as a native speaker.

Does "on the religious right" mean "in the area of religion"?

The Christian right or religious right are terms used, mainly in the USA, for right-wing Christian political factions that are characterized by their strong support of socially conservative policies.