Edwards religion

    Cards (9)

    • Edward's regime drove religious reform, by the end of his reign, the Church of England's doctrine was undoubtedly protestant
    • Acts of Uniformity (1549)
      • an attempt to standardise religious practise
      • Indicated a break from traditional worship
    • Common Prayer Book (1549)
      • it was full of compromises
      • stated there was no corporeal presence in bread and wine, yet there were attempts to satisfy traditionalists
      • This was receives with hostility, the driving force for rebellion in Cornwall
    • Clerical Marriage Legalised in 1549
      attracted clergymen to Protestantism, by early 1500s, 15% of clergy were married
    • The Second Act of Uniformity
      • in 1552, the second act was passed under Northumberland
      • Stated that it was a punishable offence for the clergy or laity to not attend church services
      • The need for this act demonstrates the states recognition that some members of society were refusing to attend parish churches
      • Bishop Hooper in Gloucester noted that people went out of their way to find traditionalist prayer books
    • The 1552 Prayer Book

      The Prayer Book was revised in order to remove the contradictory traditionalist elements in the 1549 publication
    • Somerset's changes in the church
      • Altars replaced by communion tables
      • Clergy not to wear their vestments, liturgical robes
      • in 1547 iconoclasm swept across the country, alienated the laity
    • Spread of Protestantism under Somerset
      • press censorship had been relaxed, a rise in pro protestant pamphlets, spreading the protestant message
      • by 1553 the educated elites were more likely to be protestant
    • Incoherent reforms under Edward
      • religious reform was not consistent
      • This is evidenced in the 1549 and 1552 prayer book