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Elizabeth I's Reign (Elizabeth's Religious Beliefs (It is hard to…
Elizabeth I's Reign
RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT
THE ACT OF UNIFORMITY
PROTESTANT/ PURITAN ASPECTS- the ornaments of the church were restored to what they had been before 1549, the altar was replaced by the more protestant communion table.
CATHOLIC ASPECTS
variations in Eucharistic belief would be allowed and even Stephen Gardiner- thought that this was acceptable.
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church dod keep catholic appearance- which did aggrevate certain Calvinist- who saw the ronamnets as popish and
Court of High commission set up to make sure people obeyed it. also attendance to church= compulsory and was a serious offence if people attended catholic mass and not communion service.
Act of Uniformity= was not popular by everybody and was only passed in the House of Lords by 3 votes.
THE ROYAL INJUNCTIONS
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CATHOLIC ASPECTS
control on preaching (more focused on puritan/ extreme protestants preaching) - as clergy had to have a licence to be able to preach.
candles etc on communion table?- Elizabeth still kept the catholic more traditional appearance of the church
THE ACT OF SUPREMACY
Elizabeth made herself 'supreme governor' instead of supreme head of the church- this way, would have acted as a compromise for both the protestants and the Catholics. as Catholics could still see the pope as the head of the church?
The Act restored the legal position of the crown in Henry VIII's reign. - and this gave legislative authority to the crown to act in matters related to the church.
PRAYER BOOK
contained aspects of the 1549 and 1552 prayer book- so suited both moderate protestants and the more extreme protestants
but did act as a compromise for Catholics and Protestants as it allowed for the real belief of Christ in the eucharist and banned an offensive prayer against the Pope.
THE 39 ARTCLES
following years after the religious settlement in 1563- the convocations of the church set up a task of defining the identity of the church and the result was the 39 articles- was made law in 1571.
it brought together both Protestantism and Catholicism- but was mainly protestant though as many aspects of Catholicism's were condemned.
THE ACT OF EXCHANGE 1559- this was opposition to the more financial side- as like Henry VIII- Elizabeth kept money for herself that was traditionally paid to Rome. So in this act of exchange the queen was allowed to take and land and buildings from the church and force bishops to pay rent- this act was used to keep bishops- especially those who were critical of the settlement in line.
OPPOSITION
CATHOLIC OPPOSITION
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Phillip of Spain opposed- especially after Elizabeth supported the rebels in the revolt in the Netherlands in 1567.
400 of the clergy lost or resigned their livings because they would not accept the settlement and all of the bishops that Mary appointed rejected the settlement aswell- BUT did have benefits for Elizabeth as she was able to make new appointments to people who were enthusiastic about her reforms- and the contrasts in the 800 protestants who fled marys reign is also minimal
most of the 8000 priests supported Catholicism and 5% refused to sign for settlement- may sound like a small percentage - but is a significant number of the clergy.
1560s visitations in York- many Yorkshire priests found to still use images and masses for dead souls and used rood screens etc.
some ministers decided to ignore the new book of common prayer whilst a report from JPS showed that only half of them could be relied upon to actively support the settlement.
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