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EDWARD VI AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATION By the time of Henry VIIIs death in 1547, the Church in England had disconnected itself from the Catholic Church in Rome by its permission of divorce and its denial of the authority of the Pope. Unlike the Protestant reformation elsewhere in Europe, the Church in England from 1521-1547 remained very Catholic in its theology and its practice of the faith. Though the Bible was now available in English, church services and most prayers were still said in Latin and all of the old Catholic traditions were still in place. ... Much of this was to change with Henry VIIIs death and the succession to the throne of his nine-year old son, Edward VI. Edward VI of England was the last in the Tudor Dynasty and reigned from 15471553 (Russell 123). The young King Edward was mentored and assisted in his royal duties by two powerful and influential men. ... During Edward’s reign a number of religious reforms took place: the Acts Dissolving Chantries and Guilds, the Injunctions, the Acts of Uniformity, and the Books of Common Prayer. This new wave of reformation was characterized by a movement towards purist Protestant doctrine and the implementation of a full range of church policies and procedures that signified a non-Catholic approach to ordination, liturgy and ritual. ... In addition to Somerset and Northumberland, the English reformation under Edward VI was led and influenced by a number of other people, notably English bishops Miles Coverdale, John Hooper and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. ... However, it seems that the policies and ideals of the Edwardian reformation often existed to serve the institutional interests of those who enacted them, since they rarely received widespread support, causing popular uprisings in many areas of the Kingdom. ... To this end, Bishop Miles Coverdale assisted in the production of the Great Bible of 1939 that was effectively placed in all English churches. ... John Hooper, the most determined of the new Bishops, who opposed both Catholic and Lutheran teachings, significantly affected the English reformation with his Swiss Protestant views. ... Support for the English Reformation also came from continental exiles including Martine Bucer, Peter Martyr and John Lasco. ... He was an extremist with a desire to simplify the mass and strengthen discipline within the English Church. ... An analysis of religious reforms under Edward VI reveals an assortment of changes, some superficial and others more substantive. ... ” The first of the religious reforms under Edward VI was the 1547 Act for the Dissolution of the Chantries, which introduced the confiscation of church property (Duffy 454). ... In October of 1549, Somerset was forced to resign as King Edwards Protector, despite his efforts to rally the troops to warn them that the Reformation was in grave danger. ... The Injunctions legally formalized these policies: the Monarch as the head of the Church, the widespread use of English versions of the Bible, the elimination of superstitious practices and requirements for almsgiving and tithing. ... The First Book of Common Prayer, printed in 1549, emphasized the switch from Latin to English but avoided controversial doctrinal points. ... in 1550 Protestantism was a useful policy: it attracted allies in the struggle with Southampton (especially Cranmer and Edward VI); it bought the support of Somerset who was readmitted to the Council as counterweight to conservatives), and of London Protestants (whose significance Warwick probably exaggerated), and it provided ideological justification for a further onslaught of Church property" (Heigh 176). ... " This emphasis on faith and not on the power of the Holy Spirit to transform bread/wine into the body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ, is a key component of the Edwardian reformation. ... When Edward VI died in July 1553, his government was in contest with the parishes over church property. ... Instead, Mary (a Catholic) gained the throne and put an immediate halt to the second reformation begun under Edward VI. ... For several decades following Edward VIs reign, the official state religion in England shifted from Catholic to Protestant depending on the allegiance and beliefs of the ruling Monarch. |
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