Act of Uniformity
Over the course of
English parliamentary history there were a number of acts of uniformity. All had the basic object of establishing some sort of religiousorthodoxy within theEnglish church .*The
Act of Uniformity 1549 (2 & 3 Edward VI, c 1) which established theBook of Common Prayer as the only legal form of worship.*The
Act of Uniformity 1552 (5 and 6 Edward VI, c. 1) required the use of theBook of Common Prayer of1552 .*The
Act of Uniformity 1559 , (1Eliz., c. 2) was adopted on the ascension of Elizabeth I. "SeeElizabethan Religious Settlement "*The
Act of Uniformity 1662 , (13 and 14 Chas. II , c. 4) was enacted after the restoration of the monarchy. It required the use of all the rites and ceremonies in theBook of Common Prayer of1662 in church services."(The '16 Charles II c. 2' nomenclature is reference to the statute book of the numbered year of the reign of the named King in the stated chapter. This is the method used for Acts of Parliament from before 1962.)"
ee also
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Act of Supremacy
*Nonconformist
*Conformist
*Test Act
*Conventicle Act 1664
*Occasional Conformity Act 1711
*Religion in the United Kingdom External links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15127b.htm "Uniformity Acts"] by Edwin Burton. "The Catholic Encyclopedia", 1912.
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