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In addition, Edward also changed the title belonging to the king from the title of "Anglican Supreme Leader" to "Supreme Administrator of the British Parliament".

Moreover, at the suggestion of Edward, the committee adopted the decree that all members of the clergy must swear by their conscience before God:

"His Majesty the King is the sole supreme ruler of the country...... This is true in both religious and ecclesiastical and secular matters; No foreign monarch, individual, bishop, state, or ruler within the realm of this kingdom shall enjoy, nor shall he have any right of administration, domination, leadership, or authority in the church or religion! ”

In this way, the entire church jurisdiction would be vested in Edward, who would be able to oversee the Anglican Sect in England.

It also stipulates that any person who refuses to swear allegiance to His Majesty the King shall lose his salary and office; Those who insist on the authority of the pope will be deprived of their property and will be punished with capital punishment for the crimes of contempt for royal power and treason if they do not change their position.

Of course, these are just the most important ones.

There were also many other articles that were put together to form this bill on the authority of the king, which was called the Supreme Act, which was refined and proposed by the Royal Commission and finally passed in both the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

With the passage of the Act, it fully established the king's authority and management over the Anglicans, so that the somewhat free Anglicans were completely controlled by the king.

Of course, these were not Edward's thoughts alone, but were borrowed from Elizabeth I's Supreme Act.

Looking at the ten-page bills in front of me, these are the provisions that establish the king's authority in the church, including various requirements and punishments. Edward was finally satisfied.

The king was satisfied, and the members of the royal council seized the time to begin drafting more Protestant measures.

First of all, the committee members were at a stalemate over one condition, and the scene was so tense that the meeting had to be stopped.

His Majesty is curious about what bill is so important that the members of the Royal Commission are deadlocked.

When Edward understood, he silently drew a circle in his heart.

The focus of controversy among the members of the committee was whether the clergy should be allowed to marry.

In this regard, conservatives believe that only those who remain physically pure can serve God, and those who cannot even protect their own purity cannot shepherd for God.

Moreover, they believe that only by devoting oneself to the act of serving God can one approach God and understand the Lord's will.

In fact, the main reason for this regulation is to prevent the teaching property from being swallowed by those second generations.

Until the 11th century, clergy were allowed to marry, but in the 11th century, when the pope set an example, the Church decreed that clergy were not allowed to marry.

Of course, this method is quite effective, and it does prevent the teaching property from falling into the hands of the second generation.

Even the now decaying Church of Rome did not abolish this rule.

In Protestantism, however, it is very different.

You know, the religious property in Protestant countries is generally divided by the aristocracy, and the rights are greatly reduced, and the clergy have no religious property, and they have lost most of the opportunities to accumulate wealth, so it does not matter whether they marry or not.

So, after some thought, Edward decided to agree to let the priests get married.

The reason is that most of the property of the Church of England is currently in the hands of the Tudor royal family and nobles, and it has little oil and water, and the conditions prohibiting marriage are no longer valid.

Moreover, if the clergy are allowed to marry, there are many benefits!

First, it allowed Edward to gain the favor of most of the English clergy, and won a large number of people's hearts.

The second is to bring England closer to the Protestant countries.

At the time of Henry VIII's reforms, England was a beacon of Protestant nations, and after a while, those countries saw England for what it really was, and knew that it was just a change of skin, not a change of bones, and a sense of distance increased.

These Protestant countries are a good counterweight to France, a Catholic country.

With the help of the king, the commissioners crossed this threshold well.

This was followed by a series of bills to reform the Catholic Church.

Among them, they made detailed regulations on various religious ceremonies, such as the sacrament, the anointing ceremony, the confessional ceremony, and even the location of the altar and the priestly attire of the priest, which was closer to mainland Protestantism.

For example, congregational worship services and public prayer ceremonies are used to preach publicly with pastors. For example, the use of public participation in liturgy and public prayer to facilitate the public mission of pastors, the change of cumbersome Mass service to a simple sacrament, the rejection of Catholic variantism and the adoption of the symbolic meaning of the crucifixion.

A series of articles on proselytizing and religious liturgy, known as the Second Book of Common Prayer, as distinct from the First Book of Common Prayer, which was led by Duke Edward.

The so-called Book of Common Prayer, it is not the Bible, nor is it another book that replaces the Bible.

It is a book that teaches you how to understand the Bible and how to practice rituals to worship God.

The Second Book of Common Prayer laid the foundation for the Anglicans, that is, the severance of ties with Catholicism.

You can even get married, and the way of worshipping God is different from the robe, and it is almost impossible to go to the Catholic suit.

It's like two twin brothers, although they were born from the same parents and look about the same, but their habits and thinking are completely different, and these two people are independent of each other.

If there is one book printed in the most numerous quantities of this era, it must be the Bible, which is the most popular, and every chapel will have several Bibles.

Moreover, the Bible is essential for priests to preach and mission.

Edward also wanted to write the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer in English in a few years.

This must have contributed to the emergence of nationalism in England.

The current common language in Europe is Latin, the script is Latin, and basically every priest knows Latin, otherwise you can't even read the Bible.

And when England has its own language and script, then the country is unique and will inevitably produce a national centripetal force.

And the king of England is the best representative of this nation.

Of course, it is not appropriate to write the Bible in English at the moment, and its text and language system are incomplete.

Moreover, neither Scotland nor Ireland had been completely conquered, and the English Bible would certainly not have been able to do so.

So, you have to wait a few years before you start acting. Let's use Latin for now!