Edward IV Religious Reforms
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- Edward IV Religious Reforms
- Treason Act in 1547
- Allowed religious issues to be discussed and removed censorship
- Meant that Protestant material could be brought into England legally for the first time
- Act passed in 1547 to end the practice of masses for the dead
- In 1549 Cramner introduces the Protestant Book of Common Prayer
- Enforced by the Act of Uniformity
- Translated the traditional services into English to enhance understanding of the text
- Was ambiguous in relation to the the Eucharist
- In 1547 the injunctions against pilgrimages and other Catholic traditional practices from 1538 was reissued
- Archbishop Cramner was a growing radical influence
- 1552 Book of Common Prayer accompanied another Act of Uniformity
- removed remaining 'conservative' ceremonies
- gave Protestant form to the baptism, confirmation, burial and Communion services (removing ambiguity of last book)
- restricted Church music
- banned traditional vestments to more simple ones
- removed remaining 'conservative' ceremonies
- Impact on society
- Services were plainer and more simple
- Poeple became less inclined to leave money for their parish
- John Hooper claimed that the pace of reform was hampered by uncooperative public
- Treason Act in 1547
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