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Royalty, Rebellion and Republic c.1625-1660

Laud, Arminianism and Puritan opposition

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Overview

What Laud meant by the beauty of holiness, altar policy and puritan as the term was used in this period.

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Who was William Laud, and what position did he reach in 1633?

Key term

What was the altar policy, and why did it provoke such resistance?

Key term

Why did the reissue of the Book of Sports in 1633 anger Puritans?

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  1. 1

    Who was William Laud, and what position did he reach in 1633?

    Model answer

    Charles I's leading churchman, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 and directed religious policy for the rest of the Personal Rule.

  2. 2

    What did Arminians believe that Calvinists rejected?

    Model answer

    That Christ died for all and that salvation was open to those who accepted grace, rather than being confined to an elect predestined before the world began.

  3. 3

    Why did the rejection of predestination matter so much to English Protestants?

    Model answer

    Predestination had been the common ground of the Elizabethan and Jacobean Church, so abandoning it looked like a step back towards Rome and the doctrine of salvation by works.

  4. 4

    Explain what Laud meant by the beauty of holiness.

    Model answer

    That worship should be reverent, ordered and visually rich, with decent churches, music and ceremony, because outward order expressed inward devotion.

  5. 5

    What was the altar policy, and why did it provoke such resistance?

    Model answer

    Communion tables were moved to the east end and railed off like altars, which parishioners read as a return to the Mass and to the separation of priest from people.

  6. 6

    Why did the reissue of the Book of Sports in 1633 anger Puritans?

    Model answer

    It permitted lawful recreation on Sundays after divine service, which contradicted their insistence on the strict observance of the Sabbath, and clergy were required to read it aloud.

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