Elizabeth I 2: The Elizabethan Church Settlement

Question 0

What did the 1559 Act of Supremacy make Elizabeth?

Answer 0

The Act made Elizabeth Supreme Governor.

Question 1

When was Elizabeth’s Act of Supremacy passed?

Answer 1

May 1559.

Question 2

What was the aim of calling herself ‘Supreme Governor?’

Answer 2

Her aim was to please both Catholics and Protestants who didn’t like the idea of a woman having such an important religious role.

Question 3

What did the 1559 Act of Supremacy abolish?

Answer 3

It abolished Papal authority in England and Wales and restored the monarch as head of the church.

Question 4

What was calling herself ‘Supreme Governor’ considered?

Answer 4

A religious compromise.

Question 5

What did the Act of Supremacy 1559 force the clergy to do?

Answer 5

It forced clerics to take an oath, recognising the Royal Supremacy over the church. This gave Elizabeth the opportunity to replace Catholic clerics with Protestant ones.

Question 6

Who did Elizabeth appoint as Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 6

Matthew Parker.

Question 7

How many clerics opposed the oath recognising Elizabeth’s royal supremacy?

Answer 7

Only 4% opposed as they just wanted to keep their job. This shows that Mary’s Catholic reformation didn’t have much of an effect.

Question 8

When was the Act of Uniformity passed?

Answer 8

May 1559

Question 9

What did the Act of Uniformity of May 1559 restore?

Answer 9

It restored the Second Book of Common Prayer, based on the one written by Thomas Cranmer during Edward VI’s reign but with modifications!

Question 10

What did the new, modified Second Book of Common Prayer use?

Answer 10

Used words which compromised between the Catholic belief that the bread and wine literally turned to the body and blood of Christ during transubstantiation and the Lutheran belief of a spiritual presence and the Zwingli belief to remember Christ’s sacrifice. VIA MEDIA!!!

Question 11

What did The Act of Uniformity of May 1559 also allow?

Answer 11

Also allowed candles and crosses to be placed on the altar> shows that Elizabeth liked some Catholic imagery and was trying to please Catholics, and it also allowed priests to wear vestments.

Question 12

When were The Royal Injunctions passed?

Answer 12

July 1559

Question 13

Who were the Royal Injunctions of July 1559 created by?

Answer 13

William Cecil.

Question 14

What were the Royal Injunctions of July 1559 similar to?

Answer 14

They were similar to the ones created by Thomas Cromwell during Henry VIII’s reign in 1538.

Question 15

What was the purpose of The Royal Injunctions of July 1559?

Answer 15

To ensure religious uniformity. For example: the right to preach(Protestant)> God’s word.

Question 16

What did the Royal Injunctions of July 1559 order all English churches to do?

Answer 16

The Act ordered all English churches to display an English Bible.

Question 17

Who did the Royal Injunctions please?

Answer 17

Some aspects of the Royal Injunctions of July 1559 pleased Protestants (such as pilgrimages being made illegal) and other aspects pleased Catholics (such as using a wafer as bread during communion.)

Question 18

When were the 39 Articles passed?

Answer 18

1563-1571

Question 19

To an extent, what were Elizabeth’s 39 Articles of 1563-1571 based on?

Answer 19

To an extent the 39 Articles were based on Edward VI’s 42 Articles.

Question 20

What did The 39 Articles avoid?

Answer 20

The 39 Articles avoided a direct attack on Catholic belief, but Article 17 sanctioned the Protestant belief in predestination. Predestination means that life is mapped out before you’re born.

Question 21

What does Susan Doran call the 39 Articles?

Answer 21

“Something of a hybrid, containing features that were Lutheran, Zwinglian and Calvinist.”