Matthew Parker Biography

Appointed Fellow of Corpus Christi College Cambridge

Appointed Chaplain to Anne Boleyn

Appointed Chaplain to Henry VIII

Appointed Canon of Ely

Appointed Vice Chancellor of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1st term

Appointed Vice Chancellor of Corpus Christi, Cambridge University, 2nd term

Appointed Vice Chancellor of Corpus Christi, Cambridge University, 2nd term

Appointed Dean of Lincoln

Dismissed from all offices by Queen Mary for supporting Queen Jane & goes into hiding

Publication of "The Injunctions". Publication of "The Book of Homilies", for use in the pulpit

Publication of "The Injunctions". Publication of "The Book of Homilies", for use in the pulpit

Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Consecrated after all the Marian Bishops had been removed from office

Consecrated after all the Marian Bishops had been removed from office

Parker continues organizing the restored Protestant episcopate

Parker continues shaping the Elizabethan church settlement

After the coronation of Elizabeth and the re-establishment of the separate Church of England the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion were established by a Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction of Matthew Parker, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, which pulled back from some

First established in 1563, the articles served to define the doctrine of the Church of England as it related to Calvinist doctrine and Catholic practice.

The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion are the historically defining statements of doctrines of the Church of England with respect to the controversies of the English Reformation.

of the more extreme Calvinist thinking and created the peculiar English reformed doctrine

The 39 Articles are adopted by convocation & published by royal ordinance

After the coronation of Elizabeth and the re-establishment of the separate Church of England the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion were established by a Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction of Matthew Parker, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, which pulled back from some of the more extreme Calvinist thinking and created the peculiar English reformed doctrine

Convocation prepares the Thirty Nine Articles defining doctrine of the Church of England

Publication of "Advertisements"

Issues the Book of Advertisements for Church services

Promotes the Bishops Bible

The Thirty-Nine Articles, finalised in 1571, were to have a lasting effect on religion in the United Kingdom and elsewhere through their incorporation into and propagation through the Book of Common Prayer

The Thirty-Nine Articles, finalised in 1571, were to have a lasting effect on religion in the United Kingdom and elsewhere through their incorporation into and propagation through the Book of Common Prayer

The 39 Articles are given full statutory authority by Parliament