There had been little attempt as yet to alter the interior of churches.
Services remained largely traditional in form
SixArticles Act passed
1539
Fall of Cromwell
1540
The passing of the Six Articles Act in 1539 and the fall of Cromwell in 1540 had seriously weakened the cause of religious reform
The jurisdiction of the Pope had been destroyed
The king was a much more visible authority figure than the Pope, whose grip on the English Church had been remarkably loose much of the time
The monasteries had been dissolved, many monastic buildings were falling into ruin and there had been a massive transfer of resources from the Church to the Crown through the dissolution
Parish churches were required to possess Bibles in English (though many of them did not)
Religious culture had been influenced by humanism
Humanism had contributed to the undermining of the traditional Church
By the end of Henry VIII's reign humanism looked poised to achieve even greater influence
