Distrust of Charles' religious policies increases with…
May 1625 CE
Distrust of Charles' religious policies increases with his support of a controversial ecclesiastic, Richard Montagu.
In his pamphlets A New Gag for an Old Goose, a reply to the Catholic pamphlet A New Gag for the new Gospel, and also his Immediate Addresse unto God alone, Montagu argues against Calvinist predestination, thereby bringing himself into disrepute among the Puritans.
After a Puritan member of the House of Commons, John Pym, attacks Montagu's pamphlet during debate, Montagu requests the king's aid in another pamphlet entitled Appello Caesarem (1625), (a reference to an appeal against Jewish persecution made by Saint Paul the Apostle).
Charles makes the cleric one of his royal chaplains, increasing many Puritans' suspicions as to where Charles will lead the Church, fearing that his favoring of Arminianism is a clandestine attempt on Charles' part to aid the resurgence of Catholicism within the English Church.