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CHURCH AND STATE UNDER THE TUDORS
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Cecil's Letter to Whitgift—The Sabbatarian Controversy arises1595242
Elizabeth's high-pressure System243


CHAPTER XI

REIGN OF ELIZABETH—SUMMARY

Elizabeth's exceptional Position244
Her System absolutely Erastian245
The first two Acts of her Reign are passed independently of the Clergy246
Church afterwards governed by the Queen and Council—Instances which show this247
Elizabeth, Pope of England—How qualified for such an Office by Nature and Education250
Peculiar Characteristics of the Church of England mainly due to her—State of Parties during her Reign—Difficulty of her Work254
Her System hard and narrow, but successful nevertheless256


CHAPTER XII

GENERAL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Preliminary Sketch—Church not National before the Reformation259
Made National by Henry VIII.262
Henry no Protestant—His Motives in breaking with the Pope263
Difficulty of the Situation—Completeness of the Schism1534264
Under Edward the Council rules—The Protestant Faction supreme in the Council266
Rapid Changes in Opinion—Mary's tyrannical Reaction267
Could never have succeeded—Commencement of Elizabeth's Reformation1559268
The Clergy have no Share in it269
Elizabeth's Personal Supremacy270
Leads to the Development of Nonconformity271
Tudor System completely Erastian271
The Church of England the Creature of the State272
Elizabeth's Divines were Swiss Protestants274
Conclusions to which the History of Church and State under the Tudors leads276
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