Religion

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Cards (39)

1603 - Millenary Petition, presented by Puritans to James for changes within the CofE
January 1604 - Hampton Court Conference, James' response to Millenary Petition, rejected most demands but new King James' Bible
10 December 1604 - Richard Bancroft Appointed ABofC, strictly opposed Puritanism, defended ecclesiastical hierarchy + tradition
5 November 1605 - Gunpowder Plot, attempted assassination of James, provoked by Catholic + Puritan tensions
1611 - George Abbott appointed ABofC, more moderate to Puritans
1628 - William Laud appointed Bishop of London, believed in Arminianism, against Calvinist doctrine of Predestination
August 1633 - William Laud appointed ABofC, known to have Catholic leanings, concerned Parliament
1630s - Laud's Altar Policy
1637 - Scottish Prayer Book Revolt, Charles I ordered for Book of Common Prayer to be used in all Scottish churches, attempt of religious uniformity
February 1638 - National Covenant introduced in Scotland, formed to protest only religious interference from England
March 1639 - First Bishops' War, English Bishops reinstated in Scotland, war breaks out
19 June 1639 - Treaty of Berwick, Charles forced to sign a temporary truce with Scots as Parliament refused to grant him subsidies for war
28 August 1640 - Battle of Newburn, Scots invade England, capture Northumberland + Durham
26 October 1640 - Treaty of Ripon, allowed Scots to stay in Northumberland + Durham until a settlement reached
22 October 1641 - Outbreak of Irish rebellion in Ulster
25 September 1643 - Solemn League + Covenant with Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians
10 January 1645 - William Laud executed
March 1654 - Committee of Triers established, approved the appointment of ministers
1656 - James Nayler case, entered into Bristol imitating Christ's entry into Jerusalem, convicted of blasphemy + sentenced to 2 years, Parliamentary action without consensus with Cromwell
1657 - Humble Petition + Advice, Cromwell had to accept some intolerant measures e.g harsh treatment of Catholics
April 1657 - Thomas Venner's Fifth Monarchist Rising, aimed to remove Cromwell to introduce the Rule of the Saints
1668 - Conventicle Act expired + not renewed
15 March 1672 - Charles issued 2nd Declaration of Indulgence
Eater 1673 - James, Duke of York, refused to take Communion according to Anglican rights, converted to Catholicism in 1668
1678 - Popish Plot, created by Titus Oates + Israel Tonge, claimed the Pope attempted to assassinated the King + raise Catholic insurrection
October 1678 - Bill introduced to exclude all Catholic from Parliament, Charles issued a proclamation banning all Catholics within 20 miles of London
March 1686 - Direction to Preachers issued by James to suppress Anti-Catholic sermons
June 1686 - Godden vs. Hales case judged that James had the power to dispense with legal penalties against Catholics from holding office
1687 - James issued a Declaration of Indulgence, granted freedom of worship to Catholics + Dissenters
1688 - James reissued the Declaration of Indulgence, ordered it to be read from every pulpit in churches
10 June 1688 - Mary gave birth to a boy, Catholic Stuart dynasty seemed assured
30 June 1688 - 7 bishops refused to real the Declaration of Indulgence from the pulpit, arrested + charged with sedition, later acquitted + celebrated
16 March 1689 - William made a speech which proposed that the Test + Corporations Acts should be effectively repealed for Protestants
July 1689 - Convention Parliament abolished prelacy (bishops) in the Scottish Kirk
July 1689 - Jacobite rising defeated William's forces at the Battle of Killiecrankie
1690 - Presbytarian ministers who had lost their livings as a result of the 1662 Act of Uniformity were restored
1697 - Blasphemy Act tried and failed to suppress the open discussion of ideas
February 1701 - William called a new Convocation of the Church, released criticism of Arbishop Tenison's liberal stress on importance of reason + rejection of religious enthusiasm
1702 - Catholics still prevented from holding public office, still illegal to attend mass, range of oaths prevented them from getting around these penal laws