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The Act of Uniformity 1551, [1] sometimes referred to as the Act of Uniformity 1552, [3] [4] or the Uniformity Act 1551 [5] was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was enacted by Edward VI of England to supersede his previous Act of Uniformity 1548 . [ 6 ]
The Act of Uniformity 1552 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 1) required the use of the Book of Common Prayer of 1552; The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 2), adopted on the accession of Elizabeth I; The Act of Uniformity 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 4), enacted after the restoration of the monarchy; The Act of Uniformity (Explanation) Act 1663 (15 Cha. 2. c. 6)
c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and ...
The Act of Uniformity required church attendance on Sundays and holy days and imposed fines for each day absent. It authorized the 1559 prayer book, which effectively restored the 1552 prayer book with some modifications. [33] The Litany in the 1552 book had denounced "the bishop of Rome, and all his detestable enormities". [31]
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Parliament passed an Act of Uniformity the following spring that restored, with modifications, Cranmer's prayer book of 1552; [215] and the Thirty-nine Articles of 1563 were largely based on Cranmer's Forty-two Articles. The theological developments of Edward's reign provided a vital source of reference for Elizabeth's religious policies ...
The Act passed Parliament at the end of June and it forced Latimer and Nicholas Shaxton to resign their dioceses given their outspoken opposition to the measure. [52] Philipp Melanchthon was the Continental reformer Henry most admired. [53] In 1552 Cranmer invited him to participate in an ecumenical council in England. Engraving by Albrecht ...
1552. January – Act of Uniformity imposes the Second Book of Common Prayer [1] (with effect from March). Parish priests are to give instruction in the catechism every Sunday afternoon. [4] 22 January – execution of the former Lord Protector Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset for treason. [2]