Knowledge test 5 Flashcards
What is the name of the Catholic church service?
Mass
What is the name of the Catholic belief that the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ?
Transubstantiation
Who were the three Archbishops of Canterbury during Elizabeth’s reign?
Matthew Parker, Edmund Grindal and John Whitgift
Whitgift
When did Elizabeth pass her Act of Supremacy, making her Supreme Governor of the Church of England?
1559
What is Elizabeth’s religious settlement commonly called?
The Middle Way
Describe two ways in which the Elizabethan church differed from that of her predecessor Mary
Two from: Bible was written in English, Catholic Mass was abandoned, clergy were allowed to marry, pilgrimages banned, saints’ images banned
Name the traditional Catholic-style clothes that priests wore under Elizabeth’s religious policy.
Vestments
What name was given to Catholics who followed the Pope’s orders and not Elizabeth’s?
Recusants
What is a seminary?
A training school for Catholic priests
What did Pope Pius V do to Elizabeth in 1569?
He excommunicated her from the Catholic Church
What did the Treason Act of 1571 state?
Denying Elizabeth’s supremacy and bringing the Bull of Excommunication into England were punishable by death
Who were the Jesuits?
Catholic missionaries committed to making England a Catholic country again
Who was the most famous English Jesuit?
Edmund Campion
Who were pursuivants?
People who hunted hiding Jesuits and Catholic priests
How many Catholics were executed during Elizabeth’s reign?
Over 200
