England, Church Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...at first a matter of policy, not doctrine. The theology of the new national...respectively, and a statement of doctrine, the Forty-two Articles, was...Articles, revised toward a more Catholic position and reduced to Thirty...gave his decision for the existing doctrine. The great achievement of the conference...the discipline and worship of the church against the Calvinists, had much...Independent rather than Presbyterian doctrines triumphed; it was a penal offense...bishops were imprisoned, and many churches were pillaged. With the Restoration...