Elizabeth I 1558-1603 Flashcards
When did Elizabeth become Queen?
7th November 1558
What problems did Elizabeth face when she came to power?
- Religious instability
- Creating a strong image as a female ruler
- Poverty
- Debt of £300,000
- Famine due to issues in farming
- Issue of marriage
- Foreign Policy, France and England at war in 1558
- Influenza
What is Zwinglianism?
- Church and state shared responsibility for enforcing moral and discipline
- Decorative
- Communion was purely commemorative
What is Lutheranism?
- Man is saved by faith alone
- Scriptures are the true authority
- Man approaches God himself through prayer
- No transubstantiation
What is Calvinism?
- Only God has power to save
- Christ is present in communion
- Rejected rituals and sacraments as it is not in the scriptures
- Non-hierarchical ministry
- Church and states should be separate
What did Elizabeth make clear in her first proclamation as Queen in 1558?
She would introduce a Protestant church but retain some Catholic traditions like music and rich vestments
When was the Act of Supremacy?
1559
What was the Act of Supremacy?
- Made Elizabeth Supreme Governor of the Church
- All clergy/officials have to take an oath of loyalty
- Heresy Laws repealed
- Communion in both kinds was authorised
When was the Act of Uniformity?
1559
What was the Act of Uniformity?
- The 1552 Book of Common Prayer was to be used in all churches
- All must attend church or pay a 1 shilling fine
- Ornaments of the church/dress were to be those current in 1548 and Queen could alter
- When communion was received, the words said included the forms in both the 1549 and 1552 Prayer Books
- The ‘Black-Rubric’ from the 1552 Prayer Book which denied the bodily presence of Christ at communion was revoked
What were the royal injunctions?
- Clergy were to wear distinctive dress (Ornaments Rubric)
- Music was encouraged at Sunday services
- Congregations were to bow at the name of Jesus
- Bread and water could be used for communion
- Images were not considered idolatrous
- The clergy could marry, but wives had to be approved by a bishop
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, how do we get to heaven?
By faith alone
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, who should we pray to?
God directly, not to the saints
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, who should run the Church?
The Queen is ‘Supreme Governor’ of the Church
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, should Churches be decorative or plain?
They should have some decoration but not too much
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, should the Bible be in English or in Latin?
English, so the people can read it for themselves
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, should priests be allowed to marry?
Yes
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, do priests have special powers?
- No
- They give sermons to their congregations, but have no ‘magical’ powers
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, should priests wear special clothes?
- Yes
- They should wear surplices - special clothes to stress their importance
According to Elizabeth’s settlement, what happens in the ceremony of the bread and wine?
It is left unclear if the bread and wine turns into the body and blood of Christ
What are puritans?
- Radical Protestants
- They wanted to ‘purify’ the Church of all Catholic practices/ritual and to focus on preaching the scriptures
What are the 39 Articles?
- ## A definition of the beliefs and practices of the English Church and had been accepted by the church parliament in 1563
