Changes to the Church's Structure Flashcards
When did the king officially become the supreme head of the Church?
after the Act of Supremacy in 1534
When was the significance of the king appointing Cromwell Vicegerent in Spirituals in 1534?
Cromwell was second only to the king, outranked archbishops and bishops
-gave Cromwell considerable power
Why were 6 new dioceses created, though one was abolished?
this was an attempt to improve the Churchs’ administration
What did Henry appoint Cromwell as in 1534?
Vicegerent Spirituals
When can the process of dissolution be traced back to?
the compilation of the ‘Valor Ecclesiasticus’
What was the Valor Ecclesiasticus
a survey set up by Cromwell in 1535 to discover exactly how wealthy the Church was
What did the Valor Ecclesiasticus allow Cromwell to know?
an accurate indication of the resources which were available for the Crown to plunder
How many ‘visitors’ were sent around the country to inspect all monastic institutions?
4
What did the inspector Tregonwell say in his accounts?
often a mix between criticism and praise for the holiness and conscientious of those whom he was inspecting
What did the 4 visitors provide Cromwell with?
enough evidence to justly bring an Act of Parliament in 1536 to dissolve the smaller monasteries
How were smaller monasteries defined for the dissolution?
those with an income under £200 per annum or less
In what year was another Act made dissolving the remaining monasteries?
1539
By what date were all remaining religious houses dissolved?
March 1540
What year was the start of ‘visitations’?
1535
When was the first set of royal injunctions?
1536
What did the 1536 royal injunctions do? (3)
- encouraged moral conduct
- placed a restriction on the number of holy days to be observed
- discouraged pilgrimage
What was the 1538 attack on traditional religious practices?
- pilgrimages and veneration of relics and images were condemned
- each parish church had to acquire a venecular bible
In 1538 what were pilgrimages and veneration of relics and images condemned” as?
“works devised by men’s fantasies”
When did the first vernacular Bible appear?
In 1539
What Act restricted the public reading of the Bible to upper-class males?
the Act for the Advancement of True Religion of 1543
the Act for the Advancement of True Religion of 1543 do?
restricted the public reading of the Bible to upper-class males
What was the proposal of the 1536 Ten Articles? (2)
- Only 3 sacraments were necessary for salvation, Eucharist, baptism, and penance
- praying to saints for the remission of sins was rejected
What was the significance of the 1536 Ten Articles?
showed both the Lutheran and Catholic influences of the development of doctrine
What was the Bishops Book 1537?
this restored the 4 sacraments omitted from the 10 articles as a more conservative document, but given lower status
What was the 1539 Six Articles Act?
This reasserted Catholic doctrine.
Denial of transubstantiation was deemed heretical
What was the Kings Book 1543?
the revised Bishops’ Book, largely conservative with some Lutheran hints
How had the church continued the same? (3)
- hierarchy of the church remained largely intact
- little attempt to alter the interior of churches
- services remained largely in traditional form
What 2 circumstances weakened the cause of religious reform?
- the passing of the Six Articles Act 1539
- fall of Cromwell 1540
What were the 5 major changes to the post-reformation church?
- jurisdiction of the pope destroyed
- king’s supremacy highlighted
- monasteries dissolved
- transfer of resources from the Church to the Crown
- parish churches required to possess the vernacular bible
