Restoring Catholicism Flashcards
1
Q
How were the laity an obstacle to the restoration of the Church?
A
- clear that many wanted the doctrine of the 6 Articles but this was very different to the religious structure of 1533
- whole generation had grown up with a very different experience from those who worshipped Church of wider Christendom and with Pope as spiritual leader
2
Q
How was the integration of Protestant beliefs an obstacle to the restoration of the Church?
A
- Protestantism encouraged discussion and could be supported with a few prayer books and a Bible
- not as straightforward to implement the Church of even 6 years earlier
3
Q
How was the destruction of rituals and beauty an obstacle to the restoration of the Church?
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- rood screens, vestments, statutes, patterns, water stoops, Easter sepulchre destroyed by Edwardian regime
- dissolution of monasteries
- even if the beliefs still existed, where were the material requirements going to come from?
4
Q
How was the destruction of Catholic beliefs an obstacle to the restoration of the Church?
A
- Edwardian regime taught laity to question significance of prayers for dead and purgatory
5
Q
Was there a lot of opposition to the changes from the laity?
A
- no
- suggestion that many might have welcome return to old religion/ at least old practises
- may have embraced belief that the monarch could decide the faith (helped laity accept most religious changes)
6
Q
Rather than seeing Mary’s aim as returning the Church to the pre-1533 practises, what has Duffy suggested?
A
- that Mary wished to incorporate some aspects of Henrician/ Edwardian reform
- eg. ritual calendar was restored in 1554 - used in Henry’s Church after a number of Holy days had been removed
7
Q
Although Cardinal Pole had ‘absolved England of its sins’ - this only applied to those willing to embrace Catholicism. What happened to bishops who did not?
A
- deprived of their sees and replaced with committed Catholics
- fled abroad
- 800 clergy deprived
