Elizabeth: Religion
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- Created on: 13-09-17 21:49
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- Elizabeth: Religion
- Religious Policy
- Protestant Influences
- Anne Boleyn
- Catherine Parr (Step-mother)
- Protestant Tutors
- 1558- E became queen
- Banned Mass
- Banned Transubstantiation
- (The idea that the bread + wine is literally Jesus)
- Disliked superstitions surrounding saints.
- Catholic Decorations and Church music remained
- Elizabeth's Aims
- 1) Compromise
- 2) Avoid Civil War
- 3) Unite the Country
- 4) Maximise Personal Power
- Protestant Influences
- Religious Settlement
- Act of Supremacy 1558
- Re-established independent CofE
- E called Supreme Governor, NOT Supreme Head
- In hopes to pacify Catholics
- Clergy members swore an oath of loyalty
- Episcopal (bishop) structure kept
- Pleased Catholics
- Act of Uniformity 1559
- Set out Protestant beliefs
- With book of Common Prayer
- Bible written in English
- Clergy allowed to marry
- Old Catholic practices (saints pics etc) banned
- Some grants to Catholics
- Set out Protestant beliefs
- Act of Supremacy 1558
- Catholic Threat
- 1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth
- And called on Catholics to end her reign
- Influenced plots, rebellions and assassination attempts
- Treason Act 1571
- Death to those who rise up against her
- Leave England for 6 months+ : land taken away
- To stop Catholics going abroad to train as missionaries
- Jesuits
- Catholic group dedicated to serving the Pope
- Sent missionaries to influence rich families
- Supported + funded by French and Spanish Kings
- Edmund Campion - A Jesuit leader
- Executed 1581
- Catholic threat largely wiped out by 1603
- 10% at start, 2% by 1603
- 1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth
- Puritan Threat
- Puritan= Strict Protestant
- Influenced by extreme Protestantism
- E appointed Puritan sympathetic bishops + advisers
- Areas of disagreement
- Priests wearing a white gown
- Structure of Bishops
- By 1668- most accepted E's changes
- 1570s- prohesyings meetings (discussions about E's church)
- Queen saw them as dangerous
- John Whitgift (appointed 1583)
- Banned prophesying
- Issued the Three Articles
- Forcing clergy to swear an oath to E
- Forced clergy to accept bishops + prayer book
- 300 ministers suspended
- Separatist groups + churches evolved
- Lead to further arrests + excecutions
- Puritan publishers punished + shut down
- Puritan= Strict Protestant
- Religious Policy
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