Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie

abolished, were re-enacted. Convocation,
according to its usual practice, assembled at the
same time with Parliament. Foreseeing the
reforming policy which the Commons were likely
to adopt, the members of Convocation lost no time
in passing resolutions declaring their belief in
transubstantiation, and maintaining the exclusive
right of the clergy to determine points of faith.
This was on the matter to tell Parliament that
the Pope's authority in England, as re-established
by Mary, was not to be touched, and that the
ancient religion must dominate in England. The
Commons, however, took their own course. The
Parliament abolished the authority of the Pope. The
royal supremacy was restored; it being enacted that
all in authority, civil and ecclesiastical, should
swear that they acknowledged the queen to be "the
supreme governor in all causes, as well
ecclesiastical as temporal, within her dominions;
that they renounced all foreign power and
jurisdiction, and should bear the queen faith and
true allegiance."[4] The same Parliament passed
(April 28th, 1559) the Act of Uniformity of the
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