Henry VIII religion Flashcards
What made henry Head of church?
Act of supremacy 1534
What did Henry appoint Cromwell in 1534?
Viceregent in spirituals
What was introduced to improve Church administration?
Six dioceses( areas under control over Bishops) but one was abolished
What survey was set up by Cromwell in 1535 to find out the wealth of a church?
Valor Ecclastiasticus
How did Cromwell find evidence to dissolve monasteries?
he would send four ‘visitors’ to inspect churches and find their weaknesses and corruption.
What act was introduced in 1536 because of the visitors evidence?
the act to dissolve lesser monasteries 1536
What was the Act to Dissolve lesser monasteries?
Monasteries with an income under £200 per annum would be dissolved
After the pilgrimage of grace, what happened to the dissolution of monasteries?
-it had widened and the act to dissolve remaining Monasteries in 1539 was introduced
What happened to religious houses in 1540?
they were all dissolved
What were the 1536 royal injunctions?
number of holy days observed were restricted and pilgrimage was discouraged
what were the 1538 injunctions?
Pilgrimages and venerations of relics were condemned as ‘work devised by men’s fantasies’ and clergy who upheld these would require publicly to recant
What did the 1538 Parish Churches require?
An English Bible
Why were there more visual images in the Bible?
majority people could not read
what bible had Henry VIII on the title page?
The Great Bible
published in 1539
What restricted people reading the bible to upper-class males and why was it done?
The act for advancement of true religion act 1543
- it was made to prevent the wrong sorts of people from reading the wrong parts of the Bible
What was the TEN ARTICLES 1536
- only 3 sacraments
- baptism, penance, eucharist were deemed necessary
- but definition of eucharist was ambiguous
- confession was praised
- praying to saints for remission of sins was rejected, but for other reasons were laudable
What was Bishop’s book 1537
- restored the four sacraments omitted from the ten articles, but the four restored sacrament had a lower status
What was Six articles act 1539
This reasserted Catholic doctrine, denial of transubstantiation was deemed heretical
What was 1543 kings book?
this revised the Bishops’ book
