Religion Flashcards
What did the Book of Common Prayer do?
In 1549, the Book of Common Prayer was anxious to avoid an increase in religious tension. It established a single form of services within the CofE and translated these into England. An English Bible was to be held by every Parish Church. It included an ambiguous Eucharist declaration which implied acceptance of transubstantiation.
When did the denunciation of images in London occur?
February 1547
What happened in July 1547?
Injunctions were issued attacking popular Catholicism and features such as images and stained glass windows, Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday.
When were chantries and religious guilds dissolved?
December 1547
What motivated the passing of the Second Book of Common Prayer?
Cranmer was beginning to move in a more radical direction, and senior Protestant clergy, such as John Hooper and Nicholas Ridley, gained influence, and reform reflected the increasing influence of Edward VI on policy-making.
What did the Treason Act do?
In January 1552, the Treason Act made questioning Royal Supremacy of the English Church an offence.
What did the Second Act of Uniformity do?
In January 1552, this made attendance at Church of England services compulsory.
What did the Second Book of Prayer do?
This removed all traces of Catholicism, including transubstantiation. It banned the use of ‘popish’ vestments and removed Prayers for the Dead. Altars were replaced by communion tables. The removal of remaining ‘conservative’ ceremonies meant Catholics could no longer accept the Prayer Book.
What was the Black Rubric Proclamation?
This asserted that kneeling during communion was for the sake of good order, not out of idolatry.
What happened in October 1553?
Any religious law passed under Edward was repealed, and the order of service at the time of the death of Henry VIII was restored. All clergy who had married when permitted to do so could be deprive of their title and their property.
What did the 1554 Act of Repeal do?
This restored heresy laws- denying papal supremacy was a crime punishable by death. The Act of Supremacy was passed in 1555, restoring papal supremacy.
What delayed Mary’s religious reform?
The issue of what should happen to the land from dissolved monasteries which was now privately owned.
When was Cardinal Pole dismissed as papal legate?
April 1557. The Pope named a new legate, William Peto.
How many Protestants did Mary burn?
- This included Cranmer, Hooper and Ridley. 21 clergymen suffered.
How did Mary’s strategy of persecution backfire?
The first two men to be burnt, John Rogers and Rowland Taylor, were chosen on account of their popularity of preachers, and elicited widespread public sympathy. The Crown acknowledged this, and sought to ban servants, apprentices and the youth from attending burnings
What did Pole’s legatine synod of 1555 and 1556 state?
Bishops were to reside in their dioceses, preach, and oversee the religious life of their parishes. However, the success of these depended largely on commitment at parish level. This was more difficult further South- there were few candidates for ordination in Kent.
