History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . church, and ministers were to use nothing butthe official prayer book. Elizabeth did not adopt the Presbyteriansystem advocated by Calvin but retained many features of theCatholic Church, including the bishops and archbishops. So the Anglican Church fol-lowed a middle pathhalfway between theLutherans and Cal-vinists on the onehand and the Catho-lics on the Roman Catholicchurchmen who hadheld positions underQueen Mary werenaturally dismissedand replaced by thosewho would obeyElizabeth and use herBook
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . church, and ministers were to use nothing butthe official prayer book. Elizabeth did not adopt the Presbyteriansystem advocated by Calvin but retained many features of theCatholic Church, including the bishops and archbishops. So the Anglican Church fol-lowed a middle pathhalfway between theLutherans and Cal-vinists on the onehand and the Catho-lics on the Roman Catholicchurchmen who hadheld positions underQueen Mary werenaturally dismissedand replaced by thosewho would obeyElizabeth and use herBook of Prayer. Herfirst Parliament gavethe sovereign thepowers of supremehead of the Churchof England, althoughthe title, which herfather, Henry VHI,had assumed, wasnot revived. The Church of Eng-land still exists inmuch the same formin which it was established in the first years of Elizabeths reign,and the prayer book is still used { although Englishmen are nolonger required to attend church and may hold any religious viewsthey please without being interfered with by the Fig. 140. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth, the second woman to rule England,deemed herself a very handsome and imposingperson. She was fond of fine clothes and doubt-less had on her best when she sat for her portrait The Wars of Religion 549 798. Presbyterian Church established in Scotland. WhileEngland adopted a middle course in religious matters Scotlandbecame Presbyterian, and this led to much trouble for , shortly after her accession, the ancient Catholic Churchwas abolished, for the nobles were anxious to get the lands of thebishops into their own hands and enjoy the revenue from Knox, a veritable second Calvin in his stern energy, securedthe introduction of the Presbyterian form of faith and churchgovernment which still prevails in Scotland. 799. Mary Stuart, the Scotch Queen, the Hope of theCatholics. In 1561 the Scotch queen, Mary Stuart, whose Frenchhusband, Fra
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