How Did The Church Lead To The Failure Of The Protestant Reformation?
The fact they preached in Irish won them much support amongst the people as unlike the Protestant preacher, they weren’t associated with England. These orders became recognised as an important advantage to the Catholics so much so that they were allowed free movement within the people.
There was great attempts to reorganise the church such as ensuring that there was sufficient numbers of priests to each dioceses. As well as this the problem with the lack of bishops was addressed as there were no bishops in Ireland around the year of 1608. As a result of this ‘from 1628, Rome resumed the appointment of Bishops, making clear as it did so that these were now expected to reside in Ireland.’ The reappointment of bishops resulted in greater ecclesiastical …show more content…
For instance in England at the same time the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity were in place. However in Ireland legislation was never properly enforced. This can be proven in reference to the Act of Uniformity. This act was to force people to attend church or otherwise they would have to face a fine. This Act was to be a method of conformity but despite this the terms of the act were never fully enforced. The reason behind this being that ‘the fear that the harsh measures against Catholics might cause dissatisfaction.’ Instead the English government spent time attempting to reform their church and attempting to preach to the Irish people. As there was no legislation and no government officials conducting visitations to see who was attending church there was no way of forcing the Irish to attend Protestant church sermons. This along with the influence of Catholic priests who such as the priests in Cork that ‘swore the people not to attend Protestant …show more content…
This questions divides historians with many having different opinions to the other. Firstly there is those that believe it failed early. This is the view of many including the historian Brendan Bradshaw. Alan Ford debates that by 1590’s the church of Ireland was taking on an exclusivist line. Whereas on the other line Colm Lennon and many others think that it failed when the Catholic Church was being reorganised. Lastly Nicholas Canny believes there was no reason why a reformation or a second reformation could not have occurred up until the nineteenth
There was great attempts to reorganise the church such as ensuring that there was sufficient numbers of priests to each dioceses. As well as this the problem with the lack of bishops was addressed as there were no bishops in Ireland around the year of 1608. As a result of this ‘from 1628, Rome resumed the appointment of Bishops, making clear as it did so that these were now expected to reside in Ireland.’ The reappointment of bishops resulted in greater ecclesiastical …show more content…
For instance in England at the same time the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity were in place. However in Ireland legislation was never properly enforced. This can be proven in reference to the Act of Uniformity. This act was to force people to attend church or otherwise they would have to face a fine. This Act was to be a method of conformity but despite this the terms of the act were never fully enforced. The reason behind this being that ‘the fear that the harsh measures against Catholics might cause dissatisfaction.’ Instead the English government spent time attempting to reform their church and attempting to preach to the Irish people. As there was no legislation and no government officials conducting visitations to see who was attending church there was no way of forcing the Irish to attend Protestant church sermons. This along with the influence of Catholic priests who such as the priests in Cork that ‘swore the people not to attend Protestant …show more content…
This questions divides historians with many having different opinions to the other. Firstly there is those that believe it failed early. This is the view of many including the historian Brendan Bradshaw. Alan Ford debates that by 1590’s the church of Ireland was taking on an exclusivist line. Whereas on the other line Colm Lennon and many others think that it failed when the Catholic Church was being reorganised. Lastly Nicholas Canny believes there was no reason why a reformation or a second reformation could not have occurred up until the nineteenth