Why did most people support The Middle Way?

• Protestants:

  > Protestants believed it seemed to secure the Protestant faith as the official faith of England and made Elizabeth Supreme Governor of the Church. As a Protestant Queen she would protect them from the Pope and a return to extreme Catholicism, which would prevent them from worshipping or at worst persecute and kill them.
• Catholics:

  > Elizabeth allowed Catholic beliefs to be expressed in their services where people wanted this. For example she wanted to keep a Catholic “feel” to churches by allowing decoration. The new Prayer Book which was introduced was worded so that Catholics and Protestants could interpret it how they wanted. This meant there were fewer forced demands on Catholics.
• Puritans:

  > At first the Puritans accepted the religious compromise. As the Act of

  Uniformity in 1559 was vague, it could be interpreted as they wanted.