english civil war reliogion

Question 1

arminianism

Answer 1

-religion of Charles 1
-followed work of dutch theologian Jacob Arminius
-english arminians were anti-calvinist
-accused of catholic nature by protestants due to desire to have colourful decorated churches with statues and ornate carvings

Question 2

opposition to Catholicism (core beliefs and view or arminians)

Answer 2

-english protestants believed catholicism was evil and had corrupted the early christian church
-arminians viewed them as miss-guided rather then evil

Question 3

king charles (religion)

Answer 3

-true arminian but suspected of catholicism
-wife was open catholic
-favoured arminians (laud)
-this damaged relationship with parliament

Question 4

archbishop of canterbury, George abbot

Answer 4

suspended for refusing to grant arminian sermon
replaced with William laud

Question 5

William laud

Answer 5

-arminian leader
-appointed archbishop of canterbury after George abbots suspension
-later appointed to privy council and became bishop of London

Question 6

Laudian reforms

Answer 6

-programme of reform
-struck fear in parliament and public due to (over the top) catholic suspicions
-changes largely affected decoration of churches and the conformity of the clergy
-those dissenting the changes could be summoned to star chamber
-organs and statues were to be added along with colour in the churches
-most controversial of the changes was moving the communion table to the east side (were catholics positioned it)

Question 7

long parliament

Answer 7

-opposed arminianism
-launched an attack on bishops
-abolitionized prerogative court
-reforms introduced combated with root and branch petition
-doubt over whether there actions affected the religious life before the civil war
-though they supported many parishes in being able to revert to their old practices

Question 8

beginings of presbytarian church

Answer 8

-was made officially a Presbyterian church
-resolutions passed following Presbyterian beliefs
-however the government was distracted by the quarrel between Presbyterian leaders of government and city of London
-the quarrel was over whether the church systems should be independent or led by ministers in the assembly supported by the new model army
-the independence was rejected at risk of opening opportunity for development of other branches of religion

Question 9

breading of radicalism around second civil war

Answer 9

-new model army was accused of being a breeding ground for radicalist religious ideas
-parliament attempted to disband army in 1647
-this sparked Charles to attack starting the second civil war
-death of the king sparked a new wave of radical ideas and groups

Question 10

end of Presbyterian church’s chances

Answer 10

the second civil war, purge of parliament, and kings execution removed the Presbyterians churches chance to be implemented

Question 11

rumps response to radicalism

Answer 11

-implemented the blasphemy act
-radical religious groups could be subjected to severe penalties
-managed to bring about end of many more eccentric radical groups (due to they’re proneness to internal dissent and mass subjection to imprisonment and death penalty)
-an exception was the Quaker movement who survived even after they’re leader john fox was imprisoned