Cromwell’s Injunctions 1538

• Religious Images, which were the object of pilgrimage, were to be taken down.
• Candles in front of images were forbidden.
• Sermons to be preached against the veneration of images and relics.
• An English Bible: Both sets of Injunctions had urged the introduction of English Bibles into parish churches. By 1547 most churches had them, though access was restricted
• Protestants had always insisted that a vernacular bible was crucial to true religion.
• Catholics were not against an English Bible in principle but thought that in practice, lay exposure to it would lead inevitably to disagreements and heresy.
• The English Bible was a major step towards a Protestant theology.