Religion Flashcards
First Acts of Annates
1532
Banned the payment of annates to Rome. Threatened that bishops could be consecrated by English authorities. Chief source of papal revenue in England was removed.
Submission of the clergy 1532
Clergy accepted the king and not the Pope as their lawmaker.
In 1532 who resigned following the submission of clergy
Thomas More
Act in Restraint of Appeals to Rome
1533
Work of transferring papal powers to the King:
King now supreme head of the Church of England
Cromwell declared Henry’s marriage with Catherine void
Second Acts of Annates
1534
Confirmed the 1st act of Annates
Abbots and bishops appointed by the king not pope
Act for submission of clergy 1534
Appeals in ecclesiastical matters had to be handled by the Kings court of Chancery
Act of succession
1534
Registered marriage to Catherine as invalid
Crown was now to pass to Henry and Anne’s children
Nation had to take an oath upholding their marriage, treasonable offence to deny marriage
Act of supremacy
1534
Oath of supremacy that Henry was Supreme head of the Church of England.
HVIII was given the right to carry out visitations of the monasteries.
Treason Act 1534
Listed treasonable crimes e.g. calling the King a heretic- it could now be defined as intent expressed in words.
Acts for First Fruits and Tenths
1534
Clerical taxes were now to go to the King not the Pope
When was Cromwell made vice-gerent? What did it show?
1535
Evidence that there was a swing to reformist influence over Henry.
Valor Ecclesiasticus
Cromwell commissioned this survey into the wealth and condition of the church
When was the Dissolution of smaller monasteries
1536
Act of dissolution of lesser monasteries
Smaller monasteries, those were under £200, were close down
Ten articles
1536
Protestant
The “Seven sacraments” of catholic doctrine were rejected; leaving only baptism, Eucharist, penance.
Royal injunctions 1536
Ordered clergy to:
Defend royal supremacy in sermons
Abandon pilgrimages
Give money for education to teach Lord’s prayer, 10 Commandments and other Scriptures
Bishops book
1537
Restored the four sacraments omitted from the 10 articles, but given lower status.
No transubstantiation
Status of priests lowered
Mass was glossed over
Purgatory was present only by implication
Royal Injunctions 1538
- every parish had to have an English bible
- births/deaths/marriages registered in every parish.
- actively discouraged from pilgrimages
- relics were to be removed from churches
When was HVIII excommunicated by the Pope?
1538
date of the publication of the ‘great bible’
1539
Six Articles
1539
marked a radical shift in doctrine. Severe penalties if resisted.
confirmed:
- transubstantiation
- private mass
- hearing of confession by priests.
banned:
- marriage by priests
- adultery
- taking communion of bread + wine by lay people.
Act of the Dissolution of the Greater monasteries
1539
All monasteries were closed + their land passed to the Crown.
date of the dissolution of the Greater monasteries
all monasteries were closed and their land passed to the Crown.
year of Cromwell’s execution
1540
What did HVIII protect Cranmer against in 1543?
catholic faction
Kings Book 1543
revised the Bishop’s Book- defending transubstantiation and Six Articles.
Encouraged preaching + attacked the use of images.
Written by Henry VIII
Chantries Act
1545 allowed for the dissolution of chantries
What did the Council of Regency ensure for HVIII heir?
Protestant-influenced inheritance for Edward.
