Uniformity Act
The Uniformity ( English Act of Uniformity ) is the English Parliament enacted law. It established a generally binding form of worship within the Church of England . The law applied to all English people, deviations were punished. In the founding phase of the Anglican Church , four acts of uniformity were passed:
- 1549 under Edward VI. the Book of Common Prayer was established as the only valid agenda . It was a collection of compromise formulas that could be interpreted as Protestant as well as Roman Catholic .
- 1552 under Edward VI. the Book of Common Prayer was revised in the Protestant sense and anchored again in law.
- In 1559, under Elizabeth I , the Book of Common Prayer was slightly corrected and reintroduced as part of the religious regulation.
- In 1662 under Charles II the law restored the sole rule of the Anglican state church after Cromwell's death .