Elizabeth I: Key Terms - Religion

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protestant
belief in the Bible being in English; churches being simple; priests can marry; Queen at Head of Church
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catholic
belief in the Bible being in Latin; churches fancy and decorated; priests must not marry; Pope at Head of Church
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mass
catholic church service
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excommunicate
officially thrown out of catholic faith
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monarch
king or queen
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rebellion
rising up against the monarch / government
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supremacy
above all others
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treason
betraying the country by plotting to overthrow the monarch
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recusancy
remaining loyal to the Pope and not attending English church services
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papist
someone who still follows the Pope at the head of the Church and is catholic at heart but may attend English church services
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conformer
catholic who goes to protestant church and stops being catholic
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jesuit priests
specially trained to persuade people to become catholic or deepen their existing faith; directly loyal to the Pope; eg Robert Persons and Edmund Campion
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seminary priests
young English catholics who trained abroad then came to England to support catholics not to try and convert anyone
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belief in the Bible being in Latin; churches fancy and decorated; priests must not marry; Pope at Head of Church

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catholic

Card 3

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catholic church service

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Card 4

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officially thrown out of catholic faith

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Card 5

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king or queen

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