Religion & Religious Divisions Flashcards
What religion was the country?
Protestant
What branch of Protestantism were most people who identified with the Church of England?
Calvinism
What were the main religious groups?
‣ Presbyterian
‣ Puritanism
‣ Calvinism
‣ Arminianism
‣Catholicism
Why were Protestants hostile towards Catholics?
‣ The Reformation
‣ Burning of protestants during Bloody Mary
‣ War against Catholic Spain
In May 1603, James ordered collection of recusancy fines. What are these?
A fine placed on recusants (people who do not attend the Church of Englands Sunday service) mostly Catholics
As a result pf the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, what was introduced?
1606 Oath of Allegiance, to force Catholics to declare allegiance to him, not the Pope
What were Puritans concerned with?
Further reformation of the Church away from Catholicism
When was the Millenary Petition?
1603
What was the Millenary Petition?
A group of moderate Puritans presented their list of requests calling for modifications of the Church services
When was the Hampton Court Conference?
1604
What was the aim of the Hampton Court Conference?
To establish how James wanted to settle the Church
What was established from the Hampton Court Conference?
An English translation of the Bible (King James Bible)
When did James give his full support of Bancroft’s Cannons?
September 1604
What were Bancroft’s Cannons?
Church laws made by clergymen
Why was it thought that James favoured Arminianism?
‣ He allowed Arminian clerics
‣ He did not censor Richard Montagu’s publication of an Arminian tract “A New Gag for an Old Goose”
