Thomas Bentham: a Case Study in the Problems of the Early Elizabethan Episcopate
After Elizabeth's accession the Church in England was in a confused condition. The queen envisaged a politique settlement which, although protestant, was not reformed, thereby enabling her to avoid both international conflict and open internal rebellion. This meant that the established Church m...
Published in: | The journal of ecclesiastical history |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1972
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 1972, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-159 |
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Summary: | After Elizabeth's accession the Church in England was in a confused condition. The queen envisaged a politique settlement which, although protestant, was not reformed, thereby enabling her to avoid both international conflict and open internal rebellion. This meant that the established Church must not follow too closely the radical changes in ceremony, doctrine and administration associated with the continental Reformed Churches. However, Elizabeth was compelled to recruit the necessary new bishops and chief ecclesiastical officers from amongst the returned exiles and other convinced Protestants. |
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ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046900055809 |