Religious reform

• Moved toward staunch Protestantism
• New prayer book - set of his ideals
• Act of Uniformity 1559 - Allowed only one book of service to be used in church
• What did the act of Uniformity include?

  • Churches = single unified service
  • English was main langauge of service e.g. Lord’s Prayer recited in English
• 42 Articles of faith (1546)
• What did the 42 articles entail?

  • List of doctrine that was essential to laying foundation to Protestant church.
  • Denunciation of images and removal iconoclasm
  • VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
• Factions within the govt that opposed reform?

  • Conservatives
• Who was lead conservative that went to jail due to oppositon to religious change demonstrating the need to supress opposition?

  • Bishop Steven Gardener
• Prayer Book Rebellion (1549)
• What was the Prayer book rebellion?

  • New prayer book was being introduced
  • Not successful
  • Had to withdrawn troops from Scotland demonstrated the significance of opposition