All jurisdiction was to be Ye3Jtfid_Ln_thfi__Queen and her
successors. This simply meant _the_.trausffir.eiu:e.-„,.of-



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authori ty from the Pope to the Crown, and just us little
secured the rights of conscience and the liberty of the ''
people. Elizabeth was the supreme head, or, as she
preferred to style herself, the supreme governor, of the^
Church. The extent of the authority of the Crown may
be gathered from the following terms of the Act of Sup-
remacy : — " That the King has power to redress and amend
all errors and heresies ; he might enjoin what doctrines ^
he would should be preached, not repugnant to the laws ,,
of the land. And if any should preach contrary, he was
for the third offence to be judged a heretic, and suffer v
death." His Majesty claimed a right to forbid all preach- \±,
ing for the time, as did Henry viii., Edward vi., Mary,
and Elizabeth,^ or, as did Charles I., to limit the clergy's
preaching to certain of the Thirty-nine Articles.
The Act of Uniformity was entitled, An Act for the
uniformity of Common Prayer and Divine Service in the
Church, and the Administration of the Sacraments.
