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Handling of Religion (Puritans (1603- Millinery Petition- Puritan demands…
Handling of Religion
Puritans
1603- Millinery Petition- Puritan demands given to James on his way from Scotland to England in 1603
1604- Hampton Court Conference- James called conference at Hampton Court Palace to debate issues in Millinery Petition-Debates lasted for 3 days- much agreement
1618- Book/Declaration of Sports- outlined sports and games that could be played after church on Sunday but banned drunkenness and bawdiness- satisfied some demands for stricter observance of Sabbath but annoyed more ardent Puritans who believed the Sabbath should be reserved for prayer and worship only
Millinery petition represented the views of around 1000 Puritan ministers within the church of England- wanted to see an improvement in clerical standards and changes in the style of worship
1611- King James Bible completed- translated bible into English as a result of Hampton Court conference
Puritans failed to win most of their demands in the Hampton Court conference and it failed to live up to most of its promises
James dismissed specific complaints such as being forced to wear a surplice as trivial, James felt threatened by the Puritans raising petitions to demonstrate the strength of support they had, Puritan preachers mentioned Presbyterians and king shouted 'no bishop, no king'- opposition to Scottish system
Some areas of agreement- Attempt to end the use of excommunication at church courts, action on poverty of the clergy- James promised better endowments to improve clerical incomes and reduce pluralism and non-residence, Crown examined ways to improve the clergy- process patchy and slow
James chose Richard Bancroft as new Archbishop of Canterbury in 1604- lack of support for Puritan ideas
1604- New Book of Cannons (Church laws)- all priests had to accept- required acceptance of 3 articles supporting king supremacy, acceptance of 39 articles of faith, acceptance of official 'Book of Common Prayer', and a promise to give only authorised service- attack on Puritan ministers
90 Puritan ministers resigned their positions or were dismissed rather than accepting the Book of Cannons
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1610- George Abbot new archbishop- sympathetic to Puritan cause- granted money for lectureships and encouraged clergy and towns people to attend these
Abbot encouraged and supported activities of Feoffees of Impropriations- group who raised revenue from Puritans and used it to buy and endow impropriated parishes and established lectureships in town enabling people to hear higher quality preaching
Catholics
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1606- Act against Popish recusants, and Oath of Allegiance- Catholics forbidden to be in same place as King, required to recognise King as lawful monarch, and recusancy fines increased severely
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1605- The Gunpowder Plot- plan to blow up James and parliament and place James' daughter on the throne with a Catholic regent- caused by James implementing recusancy fines in full
1622- James releases 400 Catholic priests and 4000 catholic lay persons in anticipation for Spanish marriage
After Bye Plot, all priests and especially Jesuits were ordered out of the country and recusancy fines were restored in full
1610- proclamation forbidding Catholics to live in or near London and reinforced ban on Catholics holding public office
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Arminians
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Jacob Arminius believed Catholicism was true religion just corrupt and didn't believe in Predestination- did believe in transubstantiation
James initially against Arminianism but began to sympathise with their cause due to beliefs that royal power was granted by God
James also appreciated their tolerance and refusal to participate in irrational hatred of Catholicism
1622- James issued instructions forbidding the preaching of Predestination, partly because Puritans used it to attack Arminian priests but also to dampen anti-catholic preaching
James allowed publication of two controversial books- Montague's A New Gag for An Old Goose which attacked Predestination and Montague's Appello Caesarem which strongly supported royal authority- both condemned by Parliament and Puritan preachers
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