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The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559, [c] to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the sacraments in the Church of England. In so doing, it mandated worship according to the attached 1559 Book of Common Prayer.
The Act of Uniformity 1552 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 1) required the use of the Book of Common Prayer of 1552; The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 2), adopted on the accession of Elizabeth I; The Act of Uniformity 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 4), enacted after the restoration of the monarchy; The Act of Uniformity (Explanation) Act 1663 (15 Cha. 2. c. 6)
The Act of Supremacy of 1558 re-established the Church of England's independence from Rome. Parliament conferred on Elizabeth the title of Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Act of Uniformity 1558 re-introduced the Book of Common Prayer, which contained the liturgical services of the
This act was superseded in part by the Act of Uniformity 1552 which introduced the more Protestant prayer book of 1552 and imposed penalties for unjustified absence from Sunday worship; repealed by the First Statute of Repeal (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 2); and revived in a modified form by Elizabeth in the Act of Uniformity 1558.
After much debate the Commons held sway and two essential acts were passed into law, the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Act of Uniformity 1558. Collectively referred to as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, the former confirmed the break from Rome and the latter more Protestant practices for the Church of England.
A new Act of Uniformity 1558 was passed; Mary I's heresy laws were also repealed, in order to make punishments for violating the Act less severe. [13] The Church of England then started to use the 1552 Book of Common Prayer with a few pre-Reformation modifications (notably the omission of the " Black Rubric )".
Act of Uniformity 1558 [1] (repealed) 1 Eliz. 1. c. 2. 8 May 1559. An Acte for the Uniformitie of Common Prayoure and Dyvyne Service in the Churche, and the ...
The book attached to the Act of Uniformity 1558 [note 5] was the 1552 prayer book, though with what Bryan D. Spinks called "significant, if not totally explicable, alterations." [38] Among the changes was the removal of the explanatory Black Rubric from the Communion service. [39] Also removed were the prayers against the pope in the Litany.