Religion in the reign of Edward VI
·
Edward
was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour.
·
At
the age of nine years he was crowned Edward VI after the death of Henry VIII in
1547
·
As
he was too young to carry out the duties, he was guided and assisted by his
uncle, Duke of Somerset who was a firm Protestant.
·
For
Somerset the country wasn’t Protestant enough and with the help of the young
king he made it more protestant.
·
During
the 16th century all the people worshiped in the same way of the
Catholic Church.
·
The
common belief was that those who do good would go to heaven and those who do
bad would go to hell.
Catholic
beliefs
·
Catholics
regarded Pope as the head of the Church
·
They
were based both on the Bible and what the Pope said
·
They
carried out their services in Latin
·
The
priests were dressed inn decorated expensive robes
·
Churches
were decorated with statues of saints, wall paintings, stained glass windows
and statues of Virgin Mary.
·
The
altar was in the East
Protestant
beliefs
·
Based
only on what was said in the Bible
·
Wanted
services in English
·
Wanted
priests to be dressed in plain and simple robes
·
Believed
that the Churches should be plain and simple as possible
·
Neither
statues nor paintings were allowed
The only
change made by Henry VIII with the English Reformation was to have the services
done in English. But Somerset with the help of Edward VI made it more
Protestant by doing the following changes:
Further changes done by Edward VI to the Church of England to
make it more Protestant
1. Removed statues and pictures from
churches
2. Printed a book of protestant sermons
and made it compulsory to be read in churches
3. A prayer book for all churches
including new services
4. Moved the altar to the centre
5. Plain clothes were strictly
prescribed for the priests
6. English translations of the parts of
old Catholic services were removed
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