Religious Policies during Personal Rule
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- Created on: 11-11-20 07:30
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- Religious Policies during Personal Rule
- William Laud
- Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633
- Armenian
- Charles agreed with his views that the Church should have proper services and the sacred nature to be respected
- At first, most opposition came from Puritans, but soon Laud caused wider dissent
- Arminians
- Protestants who didn't believe in predestination
- Also believed in beautifying churches and expanding the role of bishops/ priests. This lead to a lot of opposition
- Laud's Policies
- To create more respect for churches in the parishes:
- having altars in the east of the church behind a rail, to keep people away from the holy place
- "beauty of holiness" like candles and altar clothes
- keeping Churches in good repair
- To ensure all of the clergy followed the same rules:
- saying the Prayer Book should be only form of service
- insisting all priests wear a surplice
- punishing any that defined the rules
- To stop Puritanism spreading:
- preventing Puritan literature being published
- prevented Puritan gentry appointed Puritan ministers/ preachers
- punishing Puritans (Prynne, Bastwick, Burton in 1637) by removing their ears for attacking the role of Bishops
- To get more respect & power for the clergy:
- ensured clergy were well-educated and had only one parish
- encouraged clergy to get involved in local affairs
- making bishops live in their own diocese
- To create more respect for churches in the parishes:
- Outcome
- Hated by Puritans and landowners who had to listen to priests and bishops
- suspected of being Catholic
- misunderstood as these reforms were long overdue
- William Laud
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