Between the Sacraments and Treason: Aspects of the Politicgal Thought of the English Recusants in the First Decade of Elizabeth I's Reign
Gary W. Jenkins
Abstract This essay treats how English Roman Catholics, deprived of place and standing in their native church, addressed the two essential elements underlying Protestant political economy Elizabethan Settlement. After a brief précis other studies have looked at thought, axioms lay supremacy unilateral national prerogative government church shall be delineated. The main sections then treat Catholic critique its respectively. conclusion address dilemma conscience that these principles inflicted on Catholics England. Having been both summarily ecclesiastical alienated from polity by refusal to acknowledge demands Settlement, England's found themselves justifying actions assailing new ecclesio-political arrangements. Specifically Recusants took aim notion laity exercising authority over whether throne or parliament, concept England apart rest Church all times places could order rites, liturgies, sacraments, creed. second item became more pronounced Oath Supremacy specifically mentioned renunciation bishops unless they were English. For created an insurmountable barrier for any sincere conscience.
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