Elizabethan religious settlement

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The Elizabethan religious settlement was the series of laws and policies under Queen Elizabeth I that established the Church of England as a moderate Protestant church, defining English religious life for generations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
religious policy
religious settlement
aimedTo establish religious uniformity
reduce religious conflict
stabilize the English church
allowed some traditional ceremonies and ornaments
appliesToJurisdiction Church of England
architect Elizabeth I of England
compromiseBetween Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
country Kingdom of England
defines doctrine of the Church of England
governance of the Church of England
liturgy of the Church of England
established Defender of the Faith
surface form: Elizabeth I as Supreme Governor of the Church of England
follows English Reformation Parliament era
surface form: English Reformation

Marian restoration
hasPart Elizabethan religious settlement self-linksurface differs
surface form: Act of Supremacy 1559

Acts of Uniformity
surface form: Act of Uniformity 1559

Book of Common Prayer
surface form: Book of Common Prayer (1559)

Acts of Uniformity
surface form: Royal Injunctions of 1559

Thirty-Nine Articles
historicalPeriod English Renaissance
surface form: Elizabethan era
influenced English religious life for generations
development of Anglicanism
language English
legalBasisFor Anglican state church in England
location England
longTermEffect entrenchment of Protestantism in England
formation of a distinct Anglican identity
marginalization of Roman Catholicism in England
opposedBy English Catholics
Puritanism
surface form: Puritans
penalized recusancy
promotedBy Matthew Parker
Lord Burghley
surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
relatedTo Act of Supremacy 1534
Henrician Reformation
religiousOrientation moderate Protestantism
via media
replaced Papal authority in England
required attendance at Anglican services
use of the Book of Common Prayer in public worship
significantYear 1559
1563
1571
startTime 1559

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Bishops' Bible associatedWith Elizabethan religious settlement
High Commission legalAuthority Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Act of Supremacy 1559
Tudor dynasty significantEvent Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Act of Supremacy 1534 repealed Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Act of Supremacy 1559
Act of Supremacy 1534 restoredBy Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Act of Supremacy 1559
Act of Supremacy 1534 influenced Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Article XVII Of Predestination and Election associatedWith Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Separatists historicalContext Elizabethan religious settlement
Court of High Commission notableUnder Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Elizabethan religious settlement hasPart Elizabethan religious settlement self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Act of Supremacy 1559
Regnans in Excelsis opposes Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Henry Barrow politicalContext Elizabethan religious settlement
English Benedictine community in exile historicalContext Elizabethan religious settlement
Matthew Parker contributedTo Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Acts of Uniformity partOf Elizabethan religious settlement
subject surface form: Act of Uniformity 1559
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Tudor government implementedReform Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Lord Burghley influenced Elizabethan religious settlement
Lord Burghley associatedWithEvent Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Nonconformism in England opposedTo Elizabethan religious settlement
this entity surface form: establishment of the Church of England