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The Act of Uniformity 1548 (2 & 3 Edw 6 c 1), also referred to as the Act of Uniformity 1549,〔Bourne v Keane () AC 815 at 836, (1919) 121 LTR 426 at 428, HL〕 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed on 21 January 1549.〔Haigh, Christopher. ''English Reformations'' Clarendon Press (1993) p. 173〕 It was the logical successor of the Edwardian Injunctions of 1547 and the Sacrament Act of the same year which had taken piecemeal steps towards the official introduction of Protestant doctrine and practice into England and Wales.〔''Documents of the English Reformation'', Gerald Bray (ed)Cambridge, James Clark & Cº(1994), pp 247ff〕 It established The Book of Common Prayer (''The Book of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church after the use of the Church of England'') as the sole legal form of worship in England. Before 1549, the churches of England used various different versions of the Latin-language Missal.〔Concerning the Service of the Church (par. 5) in the Book of Common Prayer 1662〕 ==Nature of the Book of Common Prayer== The Book of Common Prayer was far from just an English-language translation of the Latin liturgical books; it was largely a new creation, mainly the work of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, which in its text and its ceremonial directions reflected various reforming doctrinal influences (notably the breviary of Cardinal Quiñonez and the ''Consultation'' of Hermann von Wied).〔Bp E.C.S Gibson in the introduction of ''The First and Second Prayer Books of Edward VI'', London J.M. Dent & Sons (1964), pp vi.ff〕 The first Act (2 & 3 Edw 6 c 1) was called ''An Act for Uniformity of Service and Administration of the Sacraments throughout the Realm''. It deemed as follows:
This section covers the following three points. England claimed many territories as its own with the phrase “or other of the king’s dominions”. And that there was plenty of time for England’s territories to become accustomed to these new laws giving them approximately one year to use The Book of Common Prayer to unify the country behind a single common practice of Faith. Then follow penalties against those of the clergy that should substitute any other form of service, or shall not use The Book of Common Prayer, or who shall preach or speak against it:
This provided loss of all income, which was forfeited to the Crown. Imprisonment “without bail or mainprize” meant one could not pay one's way out of prison, nor be given freedom until acquittal or the completion of the sentence. A second offence was dealt with more harshly:
A second offence added a year to the previous six months in prison, loss of livelihood, and any promotions and position would be given to another as if the miscreant had died. A third offence was the harshest, punished by life in prison:
Nothing in this Act enforced attendance at public worship, but the provisions of the Act apply to every kind of public worship or “open prayer”, as it was called, which might take place. The Act itself defines “open prayer” as “that prayer which is for others to come unto or near, either in common churches or private chapels or oratories, commonly called the service of the Church.” The Act of Uniformity 1549 was the first Act of its kind and was used to make religious worship across England and its territories consistent (i.e. uniform) at a time when the different branches of Christianity were pulling people in opposite directions, causing riots and crimes, particularly the Prayer Book Rebellion. The Book of Common Prayer defined a middle ground for Christian faith within England; the Act of Uniformity 1549 mandated that all English subjects move to that middle ground, so that they could put aside their differences. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Act of Uniformity 1549」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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