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Y108: The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660

James I and religion: the religious situation in 1603, Puritans and Arminianism

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Overview

Recall questions on the Church James inherited, the Millenary Petition, Hampton Court, Bancroft’s Canons, his two archbishops, the growth of Arminianism, the Book of Sports, Puritan opposition and James’s attitude to Catholics.

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What caused Puritan opposition to grow in the last years of James's reign?

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Contrast James's two archbishops of Canterbury.

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  1. 1

    Describe the religious situation James inherited in 1603.

    Model answer

    A Church of England that was Calvinist in doctrine but episcopal in government, containing a substantial Puritan wing hoping for further reform and a Catholic minority hoping for toleration from the son of Mary Queen of Scots.

  2. 2

    State what the Millenary Petition asked for.

    Model answer

    Presented to James on his journey south in 1603, it asked moderate reforms: an end to the sign of the cross in baptism, the ring in marriage and bowing at the name of Jesus, relief over vestments, and an educated resident preaching ministry.

  3. 3

    Describe the outcome of the Hampton Court Conference of 1604.

    Model answer

    James chaired the debate, granted a new translation of the Bible and some improvement in the preaching ministry, but rejected any weakening of episcopacy, insisting that bishops were the guarantee of monarchy.

  4. 4

    State what Bancroft's Canons of 1604 required.

    Model answer

    That every clergyman subscribe to the royal supremacy, the Prayer Book and the Thirty-Nine Articles; around eighty to ninety ministers refused and were deprived of their livings.

  5. 5

    Contrast James's two archbishops of Canterbury.

    Model answer

    Richard Bancroft, from 1604, was a disciplinarian hostile to Puritanism, while George Abbot, from 1611, was a Calvinist who worked with moderate Puritans and shared their fear of Spain and popery.

  6. 6

    What is Arminianism?

    Model answer

    A theology, taking its name from the Dutch theologian Arminius, which rejected strict predestination in favour of free will and salvation open to all, and which in England came with a stress on ceremony, sacraments and the beauty of holiness.

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