Act of Uniformity
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The following year, the Act of Uniformity of 1559 brought back the Book of Common Prayer as the only legal form of worship in England.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
In 1662, Ray resigned his college fellowship, rather than subscribe to the Act of Uniformity passed by Parliament to fortify Charles II’s newly restored monarchy.
From Nature ● May 1, 2018
The French churches in England formed a natural link which survived the Act of Uniformity.
From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Charles Bastide
In the next session, November 1548-March 1549, he was a leading opponent of the first Act of Uniformity and Book of Common Prayer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
At the Restoration he became king's chaplain, but declined the bishopric of Hereford, and on the passage of the Act of Uniformity threw in his lot entirely with the nonconformists.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
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