Archbishop John Whitgift had died on February …

Years: 1604 - 1604
March

Archbishop John Whitgift had died on February 29, soon after the Hampton Court Conference, and the anti-Puritan Richard Bancroft, who had argued against the Puritans at Hampton Court, is appointed in March to the See of Canterbury.

The King's fears lead to demands that Puritan ministers adhere to each of the Thirty-Nine Articles.

The Hampton Court Conference also bears fruit for the Puritans, who insist that man know God's word without intermediaries, as it leads to James's commissioning of that translation of the Christian Bible into the English vernacular, which is to be known as the Authorized Version because it alone is authorized to be read in Churches.

It is now commonly described as the King James Version.

Crucially, the King has broadened a base of support, which under his predecessor Elizabeth I had been narrowed through harsh anti-Catholic laws, through his moderate and inclusive approach to the problems of English religion; while alienating the more extreme Puritan and Catholic elements of English Christianity.

The King on March 19, 1604, gives his opening speech to his first English Parliament in which he speaks of his desire to secure peace, but only by "profession of the true religion".

He also speaks of a Christian union and reiterates his desire to avoid religious persecution.

For the papists, however, the King's speech makes it clear that they are not to "increase their number and strength in this Kingdom", that "they might be in hope to erect their Religion again".

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