Religious Change Under Edward VI

Question 1

MAJOR religious changes

Answer 1

July 1547 - royal injunctions (SOMERSET ONWARDS)
Dec 1547 - dissolution of chantries
Jan 1549 - act of uniformity
May 1549 - book of common prayer
March 1552 - second act of uniformity (NORTHUMBERLAND ONWARDS)
Dec 1552 - revised 2nd book of common prayer
June 1553 - forty-two articles of religion published

Question 2

Royal injunctions

Answer 2

July 1547
Radical in nature
Attacked many features of popular Catholicism (e.g. stained glass)

Question 3

Dissolution of chantries

Answer 3

Dec 1547
Dissolution of religious guilds too
Mostly for money
Also attack on popular Catholicism

Question 4

Act of uniformity

Answer 4

1549
Services must be in english
5 of 7 sacraments
New prayers added
Both clergy and laity could take communion
Clerical marriage lawful
Worship of saints
End of belief in purgatory
Removal of saints, painting and images

Question 5

Book of common prayer

Answer 5

1549
Moderate
Written by Cranmer
Single form for services within C of E
Translated services into english
Imbiguously implied acceptance of transubstantiation

Question 6

Second act of uniformity

Answer 6

1552
Became an offence if dont attend c of e services
Fine and imprisonments

Question 7

Second book of common prayer

Answer 7

1552
Official basis for church services that EVERYONE uses
All Catholicism and mass removed
Eucharist clearly defined in terms of consubstantiation
Ban on ‘popish’ vestments/robes
Restriction on religious music

Question 8

Forty-two articles

Answer 8

1553 (same year Edward dies so never became proper law)
Establishes doctrine of church of England