Edward Religion Flashcards
(12 cards)
The Royal Injunctions
July 1547
Royal injunctions gave orders for all clergy to preach in English, have an English bible and protestant literature in every parish church. Superstitious images were to be removed
The Act of Uniformity
January 1549
It made the book of common prayer the official liturgy. It was very effectively enforced despite pockets of rebellion (Western Rebellion)
The first prayer book
December 1548
First prayer book written by Cranmer outlining the liturgy to be followed in services
The proclamation stating no preaching until new liturgy was introduced and what did it show
September 1548
It was a clear sign that the government felt the situation was slipping out of control
When were the proclamations stating only authorised clergy could preach and why
April 1548
The government felt this was necessary because of the flood of unauthorised protestant preachers that followed the repeal of the treason act
When were a series of proclamations issued to dampen protestant unrest and why
Jan-March 1548
The government was trying to play for time and achieve order while Cranmer produced the new prayer book
The Royal visitation
1547
The royal visitation is when commissioners were sent to all bishoprics to examine the state of the clergy and the doctrine and politics of the Church
The Chantries act
November-December 1547
The act of dissolution was revived from Henry’s last Parliament but condemned all prayers for the dead
The Treason act
November-December 1547
This allowed people to discuss religion freely without fear of arrest or imprisonment.
Radicals leapt on this opportunity and the government had stripped itself of powers needed to stop them
Protestant pamphlets bitterly attacked mass and Catholicism
When were all images to be removed from Churches?
February 1548
This was achieved with remarkably little opposition
When was the Act of Six articles repealed and what did it mean?
November-December 1547
This repealed the act which had re-established the key Catholic doctrines and this left the Church effectively without an official doctrine
What were Book of Homilies and paraphrases and when were they introduced?
July 1547
The Book of Homilies and paraphrases was to be placed in every church. It contained some protestant sermons written by Cranmer including one supporting the lutheran belief of justification by faith alone. Gardiner and Bonner objected to this and were imprisoned.
