Religious Developments In Elizabeths Reign

Answer 1

-most people supported the royal supremacy especially after the Elizabethan religious settlement of 1559 with acceptance of ‘via media’
-most changes to the parishes were accepted by worshippers with some losing some of their statuary and plate, plain communion tables erected
-recusants and puritans actively worked against the settlement due to strong religious convictions
-from 1570 as a result of the church becoming more Protestant after the pope excommunicated Elizabeth, a puritan faction grew containing Presbyterians and separatists
-the catholic faction became more active as it linked up with movements on the continent for counter-revolution in the 1570s and 1580s and it supported the activities of English priests trained abroad and jesuits whocame to england to reconvert it
-penal laws against Catholics and 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada, reduced threat Catholicism

Question 2

Religious desires in england in 1560s

Answer 2

The church should have bishops- Anglicans and catholics
There should be a state church-Anglicans and Catholics
Brightly colored vestments should not be worn be clerics-puritans, separatists and presbyterians
The pope is not the spiritual head of the church- puritans, separatists, Presbyterians and anglicans
The Bible and services should only be in Latin- Catholics
The church should be governed by ministers and lay elders - Presbyterians