religion

• the religious settlement had 2 main goals:

  1. defining the legal status of the church
  2. defining the doctrine and liturgy of services (wording)
• The religious settlement was made up of:

  1. Act of supremacy -1559
  2. Act of uniformity -1559
  3. Royal injunctions -1559
  4. New book of common prayer -1559
  5. 39 articles of religion - 1563
• the act of supremacy 1559:

  • made Elizabeth Supreme Governor
  • re-established royal supremacy
  • Oath of Supremacy to be taken by all Clergy
  • Mary's heresy laws repealed
  • Visitations utilised to seek out heresy
• the royal visitations were enabled by the Act of Supremacy and meant 125 commissioners visited parishes to seek out heresy

  Visitations and the oath of supremacy led to 400 - 2000 Marian Clergy losing their jobs

  But visitations did mostly focus on the high members of the clergy
• the act of uniformity was mostly about the appearance (uniform) of the church and clergy
• The act of Uniformity 1559:

  • introduced new book of common prayer which allowed for interpretation, importantly for the Eucharist
  • Church interiors and clothing of the Clergy should be the same as in 1548
  • Communion to be taken at tables instead of altars
  • Crucifixes and other items could be placed on the tables
• The Royal injunctions:

  *important parts

  • Church should be protestant and 'superstition' should be rooted out
  • religion shouldn't be disputed in public
  • Every parish must have an English bible and Erasmus' paraphrases
  • preachers had to use prescribed sermons
  • the clergy could marry with permission of 2 JP's and a Bishop
• 1563 - 39 articles of religion

  Explained the religious position of the CofE in relation to calvinism and catholicism