religious settlement + challenges towards it Flashcards
1
Q
what is the act of supremacy
A
- establishes Liz as supreme gov of the CoE
- all clergy + royal officials had to swear an oath of allegiance to her
2
Q
what is the act of uniformity
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- dictated appearance of churches + how religious services were to be held
- required everyone to attend church
3
Q
- what were the royal injunctions
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- set of instructions to clergy that reinforced AOS + AOU
- included instructions on how people should worship god + how religious services were to be conducted
4
Q
what was the aim of the religious settlement
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- designed to be accepted by everyone
- wording of prayer book could be understood to mean different things by catholics + Protestant
5
Q
significance of communion sacrament
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- could be interpreted as the body + blood of Jesus
- would have appealed to catholics while Protestants could view it as an act of remembrance
6
Q
impacts of religious settlement
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- 8000 clergy out of 10,000 accepted the religious settlement
- catholic bishops opposed the settlement & had to be replaced
- majority of ordinary people accepted Elizabeth’s religious settlement & attended church services
7
Q
what did the royal injunctions state
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clergy must:
- teach royal supremacy
- report individuals boycotting church to privy council
- keep copy of bible
- have a gov license to preach
- prevent pilgrimage
- wear vestments
8
Q
who were puritans & what did they do
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- radical Protestants who wanted to purify the church of anything not included in the bible
- wanted to develop their own church - not controlled by queen
- would be no bishops + priests would wear simple / no vestments
- wanted to ban sinful activity e.g cock fighting
- wanted simpler style of worship - whitewashed churches
9
Q
what were puritans challenge to the religious settlement
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- puritans opposed idea of crucifixes in every church -> threatened to resign -> Liz backed down as she could not replace them
- puritans opposed vestment clothing by saying priests should wear no / simple vestments -> TP made a book of advertisements telling all priests to attend an exhibition showing vestments they must wear -> 37 resigned
