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Communion in Both Kinds Required

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1547Date range
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Chronological records

1547

Edward VIDecember 1547

Westminster · House / House of Tudor

Parliament permits and requires lay communicants to receive both bread and wine, marking a major liturgical change from late medieval practice.

Names involved

Edward VI

Provenance

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