Act of Uniformity 1558

Act of Uniformity 1558^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte for the Uniformitie of Common Prayoure and Dyvyne Service in the Churche, and the Administration of the Sacramentes.[b]
Citation	1 Eliz. 1. c. 2
Dates
Royal assent	8 May 1559
Repealed	12 December 1974
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1863 Statute Law Revision Act 1888
Repealed by	Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974
Relates to	Act of Uniformity 1548 Act of Uniformity 1552
Status: Repealed

The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559,^[c] to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the sacraments in the Church of England. In so doing, it mandated worship according to the attached 1559 Book of Common Prayer. The Act was part of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement in England instituted by Elizabeth I, who wanted to unify the church. Other Acts concerned with this settlement were the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Thirty-Nine Articles.

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