QUEEN ELIZABETH I

What we'll discuss

Today's Topics
Who was Queen Elizabeth?
What did she do?
How did her works impact the
Christian religion?
Who was she?
Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich
(near London) in England.​
She died on March 24, 1603 in Richmond, Surrey.​
Queen Elizabeth was the former queen of England.
She succeeded Mary 1 and was her step-sister.​
She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife
Anne Boleyn.​
She reigned from 1558 to 1603.​
 more about her
Queen Elizabeth became queen at a time of political crisis. ​
She was known as the ‘Virgin Queen’ because she sacrificed her
own happiness for the good of her nation to which she was
‘married to’. ​
She was against having a husband to make sure that England was
safe from foreign rule. She had no children during her lifetime.​
Elizabeth I wanted to build a strong, peaceful nation with a
strong government, free from foreign rulers.​
Her greatest threats were the Catholic protestants in England.​
The arts flourished during her reign.​
 Elizabeth’s religious
settlement
When Queen Elizabeth I became queen, one of her main
goals was to stop the persecutions of the Anglicans, who
at that time, were seen as protestants

Elizabeth knew that the Pope viewed her as illegitimate or

against the law,and that he would never see her as the
Queen of England. Due to some form of resentment,
Elizabeth did not believe the Pope was the head of the
English Church and so then said she herself and other
queens and kings who would suceed her were to be the
heads of the English Church.
 The Anglican Church still remained quite similar to the
Catholic teachings.
Services were arranged in a structure that was suitable
and comfortable for both those who wanted to continue
with the Catholic way of doing things and those who were
in support of the Anglican Church.
 an anglican service
The service was divided into 2 :
1 - The Word
2 - The Sacrament

The procession & the scripture the gospel

acclamation lessons reading

Preparation of hearts for Scriptures that come from The gospel reading from
the word by quiet songs/ a book with common either Mathew, Mark, Luke
hymns and prayers scriptures are read or John is read.

the sermon Confession and
communion
This is when the word was Before taking the
simplified and explained by communion, congregants
the priest. When the confess their sins and then
sermon has been delivered, they can proceed to take
the clergy and the communion. However,
congregants recite the communion is only for the
Nicene Creed. baptised
post
communion
After having taken communion, the
Priest may say a few words
encouraging those who would have
received communion to set forth and
be ministers into the world and then
end of the service with a blessing
 Elizabeth’s religious
settlement
When Queen Elizabeth saw that the Catholic bishops
appointed under Queen Mary disagreed with her ideas,she
appointed new men who did as she pleased.

Only a few extreme protestants and loyal Catholics were

unhappy about the change brought by Elizabeth, however,
England as a whole had settled down under the Anglican
Church.
Thank you for listening
Any questions?

Chloe M and Kudzai J