The Act of Uniformity 1559 set the order of prayer to be used in the English Book of Common Prayer. Every man had to go to church once a week or be fined. Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... Prayer is an effort to communicate with God, or to some deity or deities, or another form of spiritual entity, or otherwise, either to offer praise, to make a request, or simply to express ones thoughts and emotions. ... The Book of Common Prayer[1] is the prayer book of the Church of England and also the name for similar books used in other churches in the Anglican Communion. ...

This act made up part of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement in England instituted by Elizabeth I who wanted to impose an Anglican Church upon the country. Other acts concerned with this settlement were the Act of Supremacy 1559 and the Thirty-Nine Articles (1563). The Elizabethan Religious Settlement was Elizabeth I’s response to the religious divisions created over the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I.This response was set out in two acts of parliament. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... The Act of Supremacy, 1559 (1 Eliz, c. ... The Thirty-Nine Articles are the defining statements of Anglican doctrine. ... Events February 1 - Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia February 18 - The Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans March - Peace of Amboise. ...

Elizabeth was trying to achieve a settlement after thirty years of turmoil during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, in which England had swung from Catholicism to Anglicanism and back to Catholicism again. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Edward VI (12 October 1537–6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. ... Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 6 July 1553 (de jure) or 19 July 1553 (de facto) until her death. ... This article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. ... The term Anglican (from the Angles or English) describes those people and churches following the religious traditions developed by the established Church of England. ...

The event was featured, albeit only briefly, in the movie Elizabeth(1998). Elizabeth is a 1998 movie about the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. ...

See also

• Oath of Supremacy
• Religion in the United Kingdom

The Oath of Supremacy, imposed by the Act of Supremacy 1559, provided for any person taking public or church office to swear allegiance to the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. ... St Pauls Cathedral The United Kingdom is traditionally a Christian country, with two of the Home nations having official faiths: Anglicanism, in the form of the Church of England, is the established church in England. ...

External links

The Act of Uniformity -- Full text of the Act of Uniformity 1559