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The Act of Uniformity 1548^[1]

Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte for the unyformytie of Service and Admynistracion of the Sacramentes throughout the Realme.[2]
Chapter	2 & 3 Edw 6 c 1
Status: Repealed

The Act of Uniformity 1548 (2 & 3 Edw 6 c 1), also referred to as the Act of Uniformity 1549,^[3] was an Act of the Parliament of England.

It was the logical successor of the Edwardian Injunctions of 1547 and the Sacrament Act of the same year which had taken piecemeal steps towards the official introduction of Protestant doctrine and practice into England and Wales.^[4] It established The Book of Common Prayer (The Book of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church after the use of the Church of England) as the sole legal form of worship in England. Before 1549, the churches of England used various different versions of the Latin-language Missal.^[5]

Contents [hide] 1 Nature of the Book of Common Prayer 2 Penalties 3 Preparation of the Act 4 Later History of the Act 5 Repeal 5.1 Section 1 5.2 Section 3 5.3 Section 4 5.4 Section 5 5.5 Section 8 5.6 Section 9 5.7 Section 10 5.8 Section 11 5.9 Section 12 5.10 Section 13 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links

[edit]Nature of the Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayer was far from just an English-language translation of the Latin liturgical books; it was largely a new creation, mainly the work of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, which in its text and its ceremonial directions reflected various reforming doctrinal influences (notably the breviary of Cardinal Quiñonez and the Consultation of Hermann von Wied).^[6]The first Act (2 & 3 Edw 6 c 1) was called An Act for Uniformity of Service and Administration of the Sacraments throughout the Realm. It deemed as follows:

and that all and singular ministers in any cathedral or parish church or other place within this realm of England, Wa