Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 2—The Church of the Commonwealth

· 1897

III. Articles of the Church of England, with the alterations made by the Assembly 528 All ecclesiastical power in England having been long before snatched from royal hands, the death of Charles I. produced no effect upon the condition of the Church. The control of its political destinies had from the year 1641 rested with the House of Commons; and with the remnant of that assembly the control continued, when the kingdom became a Commonwealth in name as well as in fact.…

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