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Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation – Henry VIII 1509-1547)

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Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation – Henry VIII 1509-1547)

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  1. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation – Henry VIII 1509-1547) St. John in the Wilderness

  2. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation – Henry VIII 1509-1547) • Spanish Alliance • Catherine of Aragon • Marriage to Arthur in 1501 (Arthur died a few months later, in 1502 • Henry denounced potential marriage – relying on scripture • Papal Dispensation – 1509 • Man must not marry his brother’s widow • Childless marriage St. John in the Wilderness

  3. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation – Henry VIII 1509-1547) • Henry and protests for religious change • “Defender of the Faith” • Influence of Luther and Zwingli spreading to England • Lutherism at Cambridge • Lollardy growing • Persecution by Crown St. John in the Wilderness

  4. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation –Henry VIII (1509-1547) • The King’s Great Matter (1527-39) • Male Heir vs. Female Heir (Catherine is 40 in 1525) • Matilda – reign plagued by civil war • 2nd generation • His own personal beliefs? • Appeal to Rome (Cardinal Wolsey) 1527-29) • Debate in European Universities (1529) • Canon law – Pope could set aside • God’s law – irrefutable St. John in the Wilderness

  5. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation –Henry VIII (1509-1547) • The Political Reformation: The Reformation Parliament (1529-1536 • 1530 – English clergy recognizes Henry as the Supreme Head of the Church OF England, “as far as the law of Christ allows” • 1533 – English Ecclesiastical Court grants Henry’s annulment (marriage to Anne Boleyn – Elizabeth born September 1533 -- 1534 Act of Supremacy – Parliament declared Henry the Supreme Head of the Church of England. St. John in the Wilderness

  6. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation –Henry VIII (1509-1547) • The Spiritual Reformation: • The Six Articles (1539): Act abolished diversity of opinion • Oral confession • Transubstantiation • Communion in one kind only • Clerical celibacy • Vows of chastity for laity – lay brothers, ex nuns • Prayers for the dead • No change in Creed • English replaced Latin • 1535 Coverdale’s English translation of Bible in Churches in England • Relics and shrines discredited and destroyed (occasionally) • Church still fully Catholic in belief -- King Replaces Pope St. John in the Wilderness

  7. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation –Henry VIII (1509-1547) • 1535-1539 – Dissolution of the Monastaries • Reactions to this stage of Reformation • Pilgrimage of Grace (1536) • Yorkshire – • Economic demands – even though related to commission studies on parish churches • Collapsed on its own, but Duke of Norfolk exacted severe revenge St. John in the Wilderness

  8. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation –Edward VI (1547-53) • Ruled by Regents (Duke of Somerset, Duke of Northumberland, and Archbishop Cranmer) • Edward ascends the throne at the age of 9 • Note that Henry appoints “regents” who lean to protest • Dominated by religious changes – Protestant reaction that Henry’s changes didn’t go far enough St. John in the Wilderness

  9. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation –Edward VI (1547-53) • 1549 First Book of Common Prayer – with Act of Uniformity • Essentially a combination of prior ceremonial majesty with simplified communion service in English • In direct line of catholic worship, a “reform” rather than an innovation • Six Articles Repealed • Result – Resentment from Catholics and Protestants St. John in the Wilderness

  10. Passion, Politics, and Protest: The English Reformation –Edward VI (1547-53) • 1552 Second Act of Uniformity and 2nd Book of Common Prayer • Transubstantiation repudiated in Holy Communion • Clergy allowed to marry • Holy Communion made essentially an act of remembrance – Black Rubric • Oral Confession ended • 42 Articles ( Thomas Cranmer) • Doctrinal platform for via media • Reflects protestant justification by faith (Lutheran) and • Calvinistic influence (interpretation of sacraments) • but then, abruptly, young king dies • Political turmoil regarding succession • Lady Jane Grey v. Mary Tudor St. John in the Wilderness

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