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The Clergy Act 1640 (also known as the Bishops Exclusion Act or the Clerical Disabilities Act) (16 Car. I, c.27) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1642〔1641 in the old style date, 1642 in the new style date〕 by the Long Parliament. ==Preamble== As the 1630s progressed, there was increasing dissatisfaction with Charles I's attempts at personal rule, and at the perceived connivance of the bishops. The mood in the country was for the Anglican episcopal system of church government to be replaced with local government by presbyters, either on the Scottish or the English model. Charles raised the temperature when he raised his standard in the Bishops' Wars, which attempted to impose an episcopacy in Scotland. The result in England was the Root and Branch petition, and in the House of Commons, a series of Constitutional reforms to stem the power of the monarch, once and for all: *The Triennial Act, which mandated that Parliament meet every three years. *The abolition of the courts of High Commission and Star Chamber. *Ship money and fines in distraint of knighthood were pronounced illegal, as was levying tonnage and poundage without Parliamentary consent. Though there had been general support for these measures in the House of Commons, in the House of Lords the Bishops opposed the Acts. 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「Clergy Act 1640」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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