Religious body

Holy See (Papacy)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

REL-2.5: In 1534 Parliament required cathedral chapters to elect the person the king named in his letter missive, declared the king supreme head of the Church of England and granted the Crown first fruits and an annual tenth of church income; in 1559 Parliament required clergy and royal officers to swear that the queen is "only supreme governor" and every minister to use the Book of Common Prayer.
REL-2.9: Innocent III in 1199 called the desire to understand the divine Scriptures "commendable" while condemning secret lay assemblies and usurped preaching; Thomas More wrote in 1529 that the clergy kept from the laity only translations not yet approved or already condemned; the 1559 Act of Supremacy limited what commissioners could adjudge heresy; and Anne Hudson reports about 250 surviving manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible, including a copy owned by Henry VI.
REL-2.10: How far vernacular Scripture was restricted in Europe and England before 1520, given licensing, noble and orthodox ownership and the limits of the Toulouse and Oxford texts, is disputed and is not settled by the documents cited here.

Exhibit 506 1534. Parliament of England (Henry VIII): Act for the Absolute Restraint of Annates and Election of Bishops, 25 Henry VIII c. 20
Exhibit 527 1199. Pope Innocent III: Innocent III, letters Cum ex injuncto and Sicut Ecclesiarum praelatis (to Metz), 1199