handy revision guide for learning about James I and religion, with detailed notes about the events in the period of the religious events and affairs going on
applicable to the OCR A level unit: The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660 and any units on James I
Calvinism {Protestant} John Calvin
extended Luther’s ideas about salvation and suggested that some people were
predestined to be saved
wanted ministers to concentrate on preaching, ensure parishioners lived Godly
lives, and to get rid of any Catholic ceremonies
Elizabeth Religious Settlement Act of Uniformity
every church looks the same
Act of Supremacy
king or queen should be in charge of church
Book of Common Prayer
indicated what services should be like
Recusants
those who refused to attend were fined
Puritans {Protestants} called themselves ‘Godly’
dissatisfied by the Elizabethan settlement due to the remaining traces of Catholic
ceremony
Reformation of Manners
adherence to strict moral codes of behaviour
Presbyterians {Protestants} version of Calvinism
believed that the church should be governed by councils made up of parish
representatives instead of bishops
became popular in Scotland
Synods
councils that govern the Presbyterian church
Independents {Protestants} didn’t want any church government
believed that each congregation should look after its own affairs
Catholics made up 7% of the population
attended Church of England services
Jesuits
priests that tried to reconvert protestants to catholics
Arminianism {Protestants} didn’t want to push the Church any further in the anti- Catholic direction
critical of pre- destination and believed that salvation could be gained by what
people did during their lives
maintained sacraments of Catholic church
Millenary Petition 1603 james was asked to:
end use of surplice
abolition of the sign of the cross in baptism
removal of terms like ‘priest’ from Prayer Book
his response
suspicious- feared it was the thin end of wedge as these moderate demands would
be followed with more radical requests
sympathetic- to Puritans and agreed to a conference to discuss their demands
Puritan’s they wanted:
further reformation
eliminate sin and to enforce strict moral codes
godly lifestyles
puritan lecturers
they didn’t want:
drunkenness, blasphemy
sabbath breaking
work on a sunday
Hampton Court Conference 1604 to listen to the Puritan’s demands
brought division:
james- dismissed them as trivial and chose moderate rather than radical puritans,
reacted angrily when one of the representatives used the word ‘Presbytery’ and
burst out with ‘no bishops, no King’
puritans- tried to impress James and organised a campaign but James saw this as
undue pressure
didn’t bring division:
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