Ontario High School History of England . aided chieflyby Bishop Ridley, who took Bonners place as Bishopof London, set himself the task of drawing up a newservice book^ He workedcautiously, ^n 1549, what isknown as the First PrayerBook of Edward VI wasready. This book set forththe only form of publicworship which was to beallowed, and Parliamentpassed an Act of Uniformityordering its use book retained moremediaeval usages thanProtestant opinion favouredand, in 1552, the SecondPrayer Book of Edward VI,thoroughly Protestant intone, was made cojnpulsoryby a new Act of Uniformity. F
Ontario High School History of England . aided chieflyby Bishop Ridley, who took Bonners place as Bishopof London, set himself the task of drawing up a newservice book^ He workedcautiously, ^n 1549, what isknown as the First PrayerBook of Edward VI wasready. This book set forththe only form of publicworship which was to beallowed, and Parliamentpassed an Act of Uniformityordering its use book retained moremediaeval usages thanProtestant opinion favouredand, in 1552, the SecondPrayer Book of Edward VI,thoroughly Protestant intone, was made cojnpulsoryby a new Act of Uniformity. Forty-two articles, issued in 1553, completed in England theProtestant system. This system differed from anything tobe found elsewhere. Bishops and other dignitaries wereretained. The changes were not in the forms of churchgovernment, but in the teaching which the church author-ized. The mass became a communion service. Those whowent to church found no longer a priest, robed in richvestments, saying the prayers in the Latin tongue; they. Edward VI 212 HISTORY OF ENGLAND saw instead a clergyman robed in a plain, wliite surplice,and using only the English language. Many priests nowmarried. They were required either to preach sermonsProtestant in tone, or to read to their people discoursesof this type from a Book of Homilies issued by the churchauthorities. The pillage of church property.—Henry VIII had plun-dered the monasteries but not the parish churches. Nowit was inevitable that these should beplundered also. In many of them wasstored up great wealth in gold andsilver vessels, jewelled crosses, richvestments. These had no place inthe new religious system, and theywent as booty to the Protector andhis Protestant friends. Fanatic ragewas shown against some features ofthe old system. Hundreds of statueswhich decorated the churches weredestroyed, because those now inauthority thought that they minis-tered to idolatry. Beautiful stainedHertford and glass, in which were bla
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