Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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- Elizabeth's Religious Settlement (1559)
- The Act of Uniformity
- Everyone was required to attend church.
- Wording of services was kept vague to be accepted by all.
- Churches could keep some decorations.
- Priests had to wear vestments.
- The Act of Supremacy
- Elizabeth made herself the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
- Clergy and royal officials had to swear an oath of allegiance to her.
- Elizabeth gained control without explicity calling herself the 'Head'.
- This satisfied those who thought a woman couldn't lead the Church.
- The Royal Injunctions
- Set of instructions to the clergy reinforcing the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity.
- All clergy were to report those refusing to attend church.
- Those found guilty were fined.
- The clergy were to keep a copy of the Bible in English.
- They were made to wear vestments.
- They needed a government licence to preach.
- The clergy were to prevent pilgrimages, religions shrines and monuments to fake miracles.
- Aims
- To be accepted by both Protestants and Catholics.
- The prayer book could be interpreted differently.
- Protestants would have liked the ban on pilgrimages to 'fake' miracles.
- Catholics would have liked the possibility of 'real' miracles.
- Catholics would have approved the use of candles, crosses and vestments.
- Challenges
- The Vestment Controversy of the 1560s
- Puritan priests refused to wear the surplice.
- In 1565, those who refused to wear the vestments lost their jobs.
- Some of the Catholic nobility refused to attend church services.
- Elizabeth didn't force the Catholic nobility to attend, as long as they didn't outwardly show their beliefs.
- France and Spain may have tried to replace Elizabeth with a Catholic monarch.
- They made no attempts to challenge the settlement.
- The Pope had the power to excommunic-ate Elizabeth.
- He made no attempts to do so in the 1560s.
- The Vestment Controversy of the 1560s
- Impact
- 8,000 of around 10,000 clergy accepted the settlement.
- All but one of the Catholic bishops refused to take the Oath.
- They had to be replaced.
- The majority of ordinary people accepted the settlement.
- Most attended the church services, despite having Catholic beliefs.
- The Act of Uniformity
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