Religious Settlement and how easily it was passed Flashcards
What were the different factors affecting her religious settlement?
-Economic - in debt
-Political - gender
-Foreign threats
-Religion - Catholic nation
-Marian exiles
When was the Act of Supremacy?
1559
What was the Act of Supremacy?
-setting down who’s in charge
What did the Act of Supremacy do?
-she became the Supreme Governor of the Church->she’s trying to appease the Catholics
-all Clergy/Officials have to take an oath of loyalty
-Heresy Laws repealed->she’s not going to kill them if they go against her religion->appeasing Catholics
-Communion in both kinds->was authorised->act of remembrance for Protestants
What is a Communion in both kinds?
-take the bread and the wine whereas Catholics just took one
When was the Act of Uniformity?
1559
What did the Act of Uniformity do?
-the 1552 Book of Common Prayer (fully Protestant) was to be used in all churches
-when Communion (bread and wine) was received the words said included the forms in both the 1549 (included Transubstantiation and 1552 (fully Protestant) Prayer books
-the ‘Black-Rubric’ from the 1552 Prayer Book which denied the bodily presence of Christ at communion was omitted->removed to appease Catholics
-all must attend church of pay a fine of 1 shilling
-ornaments of the church/dress were to be those current in 1548 (1 year into Edward’s reign) and the Queen could alter
What was the Black Rubric?
-not needing to kneel
-Christ being a physical presence in Communion
When was Royal Injunctions?
1559
When was the Royal Injunctions drafted? To deal with what?
-later in 1559
-to deal with matters that had not been covered
What did Elizabeth hope for religion?
-her public policy was similar in that it was a compromise->she wanted to return England to Protestantism but prevent conflict by restricting the more radical aspects of the new religion
-by offering some degree of concession to Catholics she hoped that they would accept the new way of doing things
-within a year of her becoming queen she had passed 2 important Acts in parliament to achieve this
What did the Royal Injunctions do?
-altars could be replaced by Communist tables if the minister wanted
-the Clergy were to wear distinctive dress (Ornament Rubric), music was encouraged at Sunday services, congregations were to bow at the name of Jesus, bread like a wafer could be used for communion and images were not considered idolatrous->pleasing to Catholics
-the Clergy could marry but wives had to be approved by 2 JPs and their Bishop->pleased Protestants
What was the Act of Supremacy (summarised)?
-re-established the church of England with Elizabeth as it’s Supreme Governor->her title suggested that she may be more tolerant than those before her
-the Act said that any person taking public of religious office in England had to swear an oath of loyalty to Elizabeth
What was the Act of Uniformity (summarised)?
-dictated the way that the Church of England functioned
-Churches must use the same Common Prayer book as the 1552 book
-the vague wording of communion allowed for both Catholic and Protestant beliefs
-everyone must attend church or pay a fine
How was the monarch established as the Head of the Church and how was a Protestant form a worship established? When?
-February 1559
-3 separate bills introduced to the House of Commons to establish the monarch as the Head of the Church (to appease Catholics) and the others to establish a Protestant form of worship (Northumberland’s Prayer Book)
