religious change Flashcards
What were Edwards’ Religious Ideologies?
- protestant like his father based on iconicalism
- wanted to continue reformation
- grew up at court with protestant ideas
SOMERSET denunciation of images in London 1547
on ash wednesday Ridley denounced images of saints and the use of holy water
- rejected radical attitudes amongst churchmen
- backed by the government and protestant and activists who participated in widespread iconoclasm
1547 injunctions issued
-attacked many popular features of iconicalism such as lights, stained glass, processions, and palm Sunday
why in 1547 were chanties dissolved?
- crown needed money for foreign policy
- wanted to attack catholicism
1547 act of six articles re-appealed
left the church with no official doctrine
what effect did the relaxation of cenorship have
protestant pamphlets from luther and calvin against catholicsm were widely read
what was 1547 religious policy-focused of (step 1)
removal of catholicism
injunctions
dissolution of chantries
repeal of act of 6 articles
repeal of treason act
1549 cramner’s first prayre book
- was vague but leaned towards Protestantism with services in English, fewer sacraments, and focus on transubstantiation
1549 act of uniformity
- impose 1 religion which cleared the confusion
- made common prayer book the official liturgy. effectively enforced despite some resistance (western rebellion)
- had some catholic and protestant ideas
what was 48-49 religious policy focused on?
ceremonial change
what was the religious change like under Northumberland?
- significantly more radical than somerset
main aims of Northumberland
- continue Protestant reform
- plunder more of the churches wealth
what was Northumberland’s religious policy based on?
- full Protestantism
1552 second book of common prayer
- highly protestant removing all traces of Catholicism
- established eucharist ceremony in line with Calvin’s ideas
1552 second act of uniformity
- became an offence for both clergy and laity not to attend church pf England services