Henry VIII1530
Foxe & Cranmer justify the supremacy of the sovereign
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Foxe & Cranmer justify the supremacy of the sovereign
The Submission of the Clergy was subscribed, which recognised Royal Supremacy over the church so that it could no longer make canon law without royal licencei.e., without the King's permissionthus emasculating it as a law-making body
All ecclesiastical charges and levies that had previously been payable to Rome, would now go to the King. Those who refused to assent to the Royal Supremacy were liable to execution for treason. All ecclesiastical charges and levies that had previously been payable to Rome, would now go to the King, those who refused to assent to the Royal Supremacy were liable to execution for treason
An Act in Restraint of Appeals eliminated the right of clergy to appeal to "foreign tribunals" (Rome) over the King's head in any spiritual or financial matter. All ecclesiastical charges and levies that had previously been payable to Rome, would now go to the King, those who refused to assent to the Royal Supremacy were liable to execution for treason
An Act in Restraint of Appeals eliminated the right of clergy to appeal to "foreign tribunals" (Rome) over the King's head in any spiritual or financial matter. All ecclesiastical charges and levies that had previously been payable to Rome, would now go to the King. Those who refused to assent to the Royal Supremacy were liable to execution for treason
Henry decided to remove the Church of England from the authority of Rome. The Act of Supremacy recognizes Henry as "the only Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England"
Parliament passes the Treasons Act 1534, which makes it high treason punishable by death to deny Royal Supremacy. Cromwell initiated a Visitation of the Monasteries ostensibly to examine their character, but in fact, to value their assets with a view to expropriation.
The Crown was undergoing financial difficulties, and the wealth of the church, in contrast to its political weakness, made appropriation of church property both tempting and feasible
The break with Rome was effected by a series of Acts of Parliament passed between 1532 and 1534, among them the 1534 Act of Supremacy which declared that Henry was the "Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England".
Cranmer had difficult encounters with several bishops including John Stokesley, John Longland, and Stephen Gardiner who object to Cranmers power and title and argue that the Act of Supremacy did not define his role thus prompting Thomas Cromwell, the King's Chief Minister, to activate and to take the office of the Vice Regent, the deputy supreme head of ecclesiastical affairs
Gardiner and other Bishops are called upon to vindicate the King's new title of "Supreme Head of the Church of England", the result is his celebrated treatise De vera obedientia, the ablest of all the vindications of royal supremacy
Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
The Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries, an Act of the English Reformation Parliament, the beginning of the legal process by which King Henry VIII set about the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Cromwell creates another set of institutions that give a clear structure to the royal supremacy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is eclipsed by the Vice Regent Cromwell in regards to the King's spiritual jurisdiction
Begins to restore the predominant position of the Church of England.
Enforces the Protestant religion by law.
Issues a proclamation permitting certain parts of the service to be read in English.
Supreme power is vested in the Crown.
The Act of Supremacy, Mary's legislation is swept away.
The Act of Uniformity is passed, the worst penalty is imprisonment.
The Act of Uniformity, restores the 2nd Edwardian Prayer Book.
The Protestant Prayer Book of 1552 is re-introduced, the black rubric is omitted.
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