jan 1, 1539 - Act of Six Articles
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- attempted to vindicate the Catholic faith of the King
transubstantiation
defended one kind of communion
upheld private mass
upheld auricular confession
forbade clergy to marry
upheld vows of chastity
- shocked Protestatns hoping for reform
- bishops of reforming sympathies were forced out of their sees (Hugh Latimer of Worcester, Nicholas Shaxton of Salibsury)
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