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CHURCH AND STATE UNDER THE TUDORS
| date | page | |
| Cecil's Letter to Whitgift—The Sabbatarian Controversy arises | 1595 | 242 |
| Elizabeth's high-pressure System | — | 243 |
CHAPTER XI REIGN OF ELIZABETH—SUMMARY | ||
| Elizabeth's exceptional Position | — | 244 |
| Her System absolutely Erastian | — | 245 |
| The first two Acts of her Reign are passed independently of the Clergy | — | 246 |
| Church afterwards governed by the Queen and Council—Instances which show this | — | 247 |
| Elizabeth, Pope of England—How qualified for such an Office by Nature and Education | — | 250 |
| Peculiar Characteristics of the Church of England mainly due to her—State of Parties during her Reign—Difficulty of her Work | — | 254 |
| Her System hard and narrow, but successful nevertheless | — | 256 |
CHAPTER XII GENERAL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS | ||
| Preliminary Sketch—Church not National before the Reformation | — | 259 |
| Made National by Henry VIII. | — | 262 |
| Henry no Protestant—His Motives in breaking with the Pope | — | 263 |
| Difficulty of the Situation—Completeness of the Schism | 1534 | 264 |
| Under Edward the Council rules—The Protestant Faction supreme in the Council | — | 266 |
| Rapid Changes in Opinion—Mary's tyrannical Reaction | — | 267 |
| Could never have succeeded—Commencement of Elizabeth's Reformation | 1559 | 268 |
| The Clergy have no Share in it | — | 269 |
| Elizabeth's Personal Supremacy | — | 270 |
| Leads to the Development of Nonconformity | — | 271 |
| Tudor System completely Erastian | — | 271 |
| The Church of England the Creature of the State | — | 272 |
| Elizabeth's Divines were Swiss Protestants | — | 274 |
| Conclusions to which the History of Church and State under the Tudors leads | — | 276 |