Act of Uniformity 1558

Act of Uniformity 1558[a]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Acte for the Uniformitie of Common Prayoure and Dyvyne Service in the Churche, and the Administration of the Sacramentes.[b]
Citation1 Eliz. 1. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent8 May 1559
Repealed12 December 1974
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byChurch of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974
Relates to
Status: Repealed

The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559,[c] to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the sacraments in the Church of England. In so doing, it mandated worship according to the attached 1559 Book of Common Prayer. The Act was part of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement in England instituted by Elizabeth I, who wanted to unify the church. Other Acts concerned with this settlement were the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Thirty-Nine Articles.


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  1. ^ "Elizabeth's Act of Uniformity (1559), 1 Elizabeth, Cap. 2". Hanover Historical Texts Project. March 2001. Retrieved 23 December 2018.