 Katherine's own views were made public for the first time in October 1641, just less than a year into the Long Parliament, which was Charles I was forced to call because of his disastrous handling of the Scottish Presbyterians, culminating in the Bishops' Wars.Chidley's target was "Reasons Against the Independent Government of Particular Congregations", an attack on the Congregational polity by the English Presbyterian controversialist Thomas Edwards.The issue was one of great political importance and events were moving generally in the direction Edwards favoured.