Mediaeval and modern history . e dependents of theking, whom the Act of Supremacy had made head of the EnglishChurch without any superior on earth. Thus did the House of Lords almost cease to be a body with amind and will of its own. Since the House of Commons containedmany servile nominees of the king, the English government nowbecame something hke an absolute monarchy. 374. Act to secure Uniformity of Belief (1539). — In the sameyear that Parliament gave into Henrys hands the last of the prop-erty of the monastic orders, it passed a bill drawn in conformitywith his views and called an Act fo
Mediaeval and modern history . e dependents of theking, whom the Act of Supremacy had made head of the EnglishChurch without any superior on earth. Thus did the House of Lords almost cease to be a body with amind and will of its own. Since the House of Commons containedmany servile nominees of the king, the English government nowbecame something hke an absolute monarchy. 374. Act to secure Uniformity of Belief (1539). — In the sameyear that Parliament gave into Henrys hands the last of the prop-erty of the monastic orders, it passed a bill drawn in conformitywith his views and called an Act for abolishing Diversity ofOpinions. By this statute the teachings of the old Church respect-ing the real presence in the Eucharist, the celibacy of the priest-hood, private Masses, confession to a priest, and other tenets wereapproved as agreeable to the laws of God, and it was made acrime for any person to hold, to teach, or to practice opinionsopposed to any of these dogmas. 4 Twenty-six abbots and two priors were „_, a x; 3 CL, rrf 01 S-c ,c bf) o T! -l-> C O rt -C a S c3 a> s o ?4-> s fe ^ Q WPQ ::2 w pi! 9- 3 Z rp -3 HENRYS WIVES 345 What the Church in England should be called under Henry itwould be hard to say. It was not Protestant; and it was just asfar from being truly Catholic. That it was distinctively neither theone nor the other is shown by the character of the persecutionsthat took place. Catholics and Protestants alike were harassedand put to death. Thus on one occasion three Catholics whodenied that the king was the rightful head of the Church and threeProtestants who disputed the doctrine of the real presence in theEucharist were dragged on the same sled to the place of execution. 375. Henrys Wives. — Henrys troubles with his wives forma curious and shameful page in the history of Englands Boleyn retained the affections of her royal husband only afew months. She was charged with unfaithfulness and beheaded,leaving a daughter,
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