
327 Under New Management
The History of England
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Theology and the Church - Part 2
After bancroft id he was replaced as archbishop of canterbury by a reassuringly calvinist, george abbott. James patronized the evangelical clergy and most of his bishops were calvinists in theology. He did fail, affect to tackle pluralism. Pluralism was that practice of giving priests more than one parish to look after. Part of the problem there was that over 30 % of church livings had been half inched by lay patrons which meant they skimmed off much of the tithes,. leaving little for the vicar. The end of another episode. In two weeks time, we will be back in the parliament building, watching james get
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