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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
An Act restoring to the Crown the ancient Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesiastical and Spiritual, and abolishing all Foreign Power repugnant to the same. [ 2 ] Act of Uniformity 1558 [ 1 ] (repealed)
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.
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.
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The marginal note to section 1 of the Religious Disabilities Act 1846 said that the effect of this was to repeal sections 1 to 4 and 6 of the Act of Uniformity 1551. The whole Act, so far as it extended to Northern Ireland, was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950. The whole Act, so far as unrepealed ...