Matthew Parker Biography and Timeline

Fellow

Appointed Fellow of Corpus Christi College Cambridge

Fellow

Appointed Fellow of Corpus Christi College Cambridge

Chaplain

Appointed Chaplain to Anne Boleyn

Chaplain

Appointed Chaplain to Henry VIII

Canon

Appointed Canon of Ely

Vice Chancellor

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

Vice Chancellor

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

Cambridge University

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

Vice Chancellor

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

Cambridge University

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

Vice Chancellor

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

Dean

Appointed Dean of Lincoln

Dismissal

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

Parker Consecrated Archbishop

Matthew Parker is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury and begins rebuilding an episcopate committed to Elizabeth's religious settlement.

Role range: 1559-1575

Archbishop of Canterbury

Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury

Consecrated after all the Marian Bishops had been removed from office

Archbishop

Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Consecration

Consecrated after all the Marian Bishops had been removed from office

The Book of Homilies

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

The Injunctions

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

Elizabethan Episcopal Succession Rebuilt

Parker participates in consecrating new bishops to replace Marian prelates who reject the royal supremacy and revised liturgy.

Role range: 1559-1575

Episcopal Settlement

Parker continues organizing the restored Protestant episcopate

Role range: 1559-1575

Parker's Bible Planning

Parker continues shaping the Elizabethan church settlement

Role range: 1559-1575

Convocation Revises Edwardian Articles

Convocation revises the Edwardian Forty-Two Articles to produce a shorter doctrinal statement for the Elizabethan Church.

Role range: 1559-1575

Thirty-Nine Articles Agreed by Convocation

Convocation agrees the Thirty-Nine Articles, defining central doctrinal positions of the Elizabethan Church.

Role range: 1559-1575

39 Articles

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

39 Articles

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.

39 Articles

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.

39 Articles

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

39 Articles

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

Convocation of the Church

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

Thirty Nine Articles

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

Role range: 1559-1575

Vestiarian Controversy Intensifies

Disputes over clerical vestments reveal growing tension between conformist bishops and ministers seeking more extensive Protestant reform.

Role range: 1559-1575

Advertisements Enforce Clerical Conformity

Parker's Advertisements press clergy to follow authorised dress and worship, attempting to impose greater uniformity on Protestant ministers.

Role range: 1559-1575

Advertisements

Publication of "Advertisements"

Reform of Church Governance

Issues the Book of Advertisements for Church services

Bishops' Bible Published

The Bishops' Bible is published under episcopal sponsorship as an English translation intended especially for public church reading.

Role range: 1559-1575

Bishop

Promotes the Bishops Bible

Thirty-Nine Articles Given Statutory Force

The Articles receive stronger legal standing as clerical subscription becomes a condition of ministry and benefice holding.

Role range: 1559-1575

39 Articles

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