the puritain threat Flashcards
name 8 things that puritains were against
-bowing when the name Jesus was said
-kneeling to receive communion
-rings in marriage
-ornamentation in church
-celebration of saints days
-playing games on a sunday
-gambling
-going to the theatre
what three things did the puritains believe in?
-people should live a life according to scriptures
-sunday was the Lords day and was devoted to religious studies
-clothing was plain (usually black and white)
why did proestants not like bishops?
they said it was an intervention of the pope and that there was no mention of them in the bible
what was the view of Elizabeth and the bishops towards the protestants?
they viewed their ideas with suspicion and saw them as a direct threat to the power of the crown
what is a moderate puritain?
they reluctantly accepted the religious settlement but called for further reforms to purify the church (least hot)
what is a presbyterian?
wanted to abolish bishops and for each church to be run by a committee of Presbyters (teachers or elders) elected by the people (middle kind)
what is a seperatist?
they wanted to break away from the church to be indipendent and run its own affairs AKA brownists (most hot)
when was the vestiments controversy?
1566
what set off the vestiments controversy?
Matthew Parker issued a “book of advertisements” which laid down rules for conducting services and wearing vestiments. Many Puritan priests refused because they were similar to those worn by catholic priests.
what happened as a result of the vestments controversy?
37 priests were dissmissed from their jobs and no reforms were made
when were the proposals by Thomas Cartwright?
1570
what was proposed in the proposals by thomas cartwright?
he called for a Presbyterian system of church government (run by teachers and elders) but this would have weakned the power of the queen
what happened as a result of the proposals by thomas cartwright
it was rejected and he was forced to leave england and go to geneva
when did john stubbs writehis marriage pamphlet?
1579
what was john stubbs’ marriage pamphlet about?
it criticised the queen for discussing marriage talks with the Duke of Anjou (a french roman catholic)
what happened to john stubbs as a result of the marriage pamphlet?
he was arrested, charged with seditious writing, scenetenced to have his right hand cut off and imprisoned for 18 months.
when were the marprelate tracts published?
1588-89
what were the marprelate tracts?
a series of anonymous pamphlets were published that attacked the church and the bishops. the authours were never identifies and lost the suppourt of the puritains as they contained offesive and sarcastic language whoch puritains do not stand for.
-who were the two clergymen who published books about how the Presbyterian church was the one in the Bible
-when did they publish these books
-how was this dealt with
-John Field and Thomas Wilcox
-1572
-both men were arrested and imprisoned for a year for breaking the Act of Uniformity
What is a prophesying?
The meeting of ministers to practice their preaching skills
What were the three articles and who were they written by?
Regulations by John Whitgift in 1583 demanding uniformity
Who were the Brownists?
Separatists that followed Robert Browne
Who was Edmund Grindal?
He was appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1576
What did Grindal do that upset Elizabeth?
-Elizabeth asked him to ban all prophesyings as she thought they would encourage rebellions
-Grindal didn’t think they were dangerous so refused to follow these orders
-becuase of this, Elizabeth suspended him from his duties and issued her own instructions to bishops to stop prophesying
