Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1549 c. 10 |
| Year | 1549 |
(3 & 4 Edw. 6) C A P. X.
'W H E R E the King's most excellent Majesty hath of late set forth and established by Authority of Parliament, an uniform, quiet and godly Order for Common and Open Prayer, in a Book, intituled,The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, after the Church of England, to be used and observed in the said Church of England , agreeable to the Order of the Primitive Church, much more comfortable unto his loving Subjects than other Diversity of Service, as heretofore of long Time hath been used, being in the said Book ordained, nothing to be read but the very pure Word of God, or which is evidently grounded upon the same; (2) and in the other, Things corrupt, untrue, vain and superstitious, and as it were a Preparation to Superstition; which for that they be not called in, but permitted to remain undefaced, do not only give Occasion to such perverse Persons as do impugn the Order and godly Meaning of the King's said Book of Common Prayer, to continue in their old accustomed and superstitious Service, but also minister great Occasion to Diversity of Opinions, Rites, Ceremonies and Services:' (3) Be it therefore enacted by the King our Sovereign Lord, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, That all Books called Antiphoners, Missals, Grailes, Processionals, Manuals, Legends, Pies, Portuasses, Primers in Latine or English, Couchers, Journals, Ordinals or other Books or Writings whatsoever heretofore used for Service of the Church, written or printed in the English or Latine Tongue, other than such as are or shall be set forth by the King's Majesty, shall be by Authority of this present Act clearly and utterly abolished, extinguished and forbidden for ever to be used or kept in this Realm, or elsewhere within any the King's Dominions.
II Images taken out of, or yet remaining in Churches shall be destroyed.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Person or Persons, of what Estate, Degree or Condition soever he, she or they be, Bodie Politick or Corporate, that now have or hereafter hall have in his, her or their Custody, any the Books or Writings of the Sorts aforesaid, or any Images of Stone, Timber, Alabaster...
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