Challenge to the religious settlement Flashcards

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Why did Puritans object to vestments?

They believed the special vestments priests had to wear were too close to Catholic vestments.

What was the outcome of the Puritan campaign against crucifixes in churches?

Elizabeth was forced to remove the stipulation that crucifixes be displayed.

Why did Puritans object to bishops?

Bishops were not mentioned in the Bible, and some Puritans saw them as part of a Catholic-style Church hierarchy.

What is recusancy?

Refusing to attend Church of England services; many Catholic nobles and gentry paid recusancy fines instead.

True or false? In the 1560s, Elizabeth strictly enforced recusancy fines on Catholic nobles and gentry.

False. Fearing a Catholic uprising, she made concessions and did not enforce them strictly.

In which region of England did devotion to Catholicism remain particularly strong?

The north of England, where many continued to hear the Latin mass in private.

How did Mary I's Catholic bishops respond to the Oath of Supremacy (1559)?

All but one refused to take it and were removed from their posts.

What was the Douai seminary?

An English seminary in the Netherlands that trained Catholic priests and sent them to England, strengthening English Catholicism.

What happened in the vestments controversy of 1566?

Archbishop Matthew Parker's Book of Advertisements laid down the vestments clergy must wear. 37 Puritan-minded clergy who refused lost their posts.