Chapter 11

Question 1

When and why was John Lambert put on trial

Answer 1

1538 - denying the real presence of Christ in transubstantiation

Question 2

What was the significance of Henry attending the trial of John Lambert, personally questioning him

Answer 2

Stated his own belief in transubstantiation and the importance of the Eucharist

Question 3

What happened on the day that John Lambert was burned for heresy

Answer 3

Henry issued a Royal Proclaimation, upholding the presence of Christ in transubstantiation, and forbidding heretical literature

Question 4

What are the two arguments for as to why Henry issued a Royal Proclaimation, upholding the presence of Christ in transubstantiation, and forbidding heretical literature after the trial of John Lambert

Answer 4

Treaty of Nice signied OR Henry’s own personal religious views

Question 5

When Six Articles issued

Answer 5

July 1536

Question 6

What was the goal of the Six Articles

Answer 6

Provide the nascent Church of England an identifiable set of beliefs

Question 7

Why can we say that the Six Articles was an ambigious statement of beliefs

Answer 7

• Did not mention all of the 7 sacraments
• Not overly Lutheran, apart from paragraph on dismissing purgatory
• Not an attack on Catholicism either

Question 8

What enforced the Six Articles

Answer 8

Cromwell issued injunctions making them legally binding to clergy in August 1536

Question 9

When was a Bible required to be present in each parish under Henry

Answer 9

August 1536

Question 10

When was Bishops Book published

Answer 10

February 1537

Question 11

To what extent was the Bishops Book religious, and which religion

Answer 11

Much more Lutheran than Six Articles

Question 12

Example of how Bishops Book, February 1537 was much more Lutheran in it’s views

Answer 12

Salvation by faith alone emphasised, and no mention of transubstantiation

Question 13

What shows Henrys disapproval of the Bishops Book, February 1537

Answer 13

Henry revoked it three years later

Question 14

When were The Six Articles introduced

Answer 14

June 1539

Question 15

Why were the Six Articles, June 1539 introduced

Answer 15

Deviation in religion domestically, and foreign threat of excommunication + Treaty of Nice

Question 16

To which extent was the Six Articles, June 1539 very religious

Answer 16

Upheld Catholic doctrines of transubstantiation and other Catholic beliefs, like forbidding clergy to marry

Question 17

How was The Six Articles, June 1539 a statement to foreign rulers

Answer 17

England was essentially ‘Catholicism without the Pope’

Question 18

When was The King’s Book introduced

Answer 18

5th May 1543

Question 19

What was the purpose of the King’s Book, 5th May 1543

Answer 19

Replacement of the Bishop’s Book

Question 20

To what extent was the King’s Book religious

Answer 20

• Openly rejected Lutheran idea of justification by faith alone
• Emphasised Catholic belief of the 7 sacraments, and Ten Commandments

Question 21

What did Henry have to unwillingly go back on to reduce religious deviation in the country

Answer 21

10th May 1543 - had to restrict the reading of the bible to those of noble status

Question 22

When was the reading of the bible restircted to those of noble status only under Henry VIII

Answer 22

10th May 1543

Question 23

What did Cranmer notably do in 1545

Answer 23

Produced homolies, emphasising Conservativism

Question 24

What is an example to show that Henry’s religious motives may have come secondary to other motives

Answer 24

• His will stipulated masses be said for his soul
• In 1545, attacked Chantry Chapels, to fund his campaigns against France and Scotland