‘고상함과 통일(decencie and uniformitie)’을 찾아서 －스코틀랜드 『공동기도서』와 찰스 1세의 이상적 교회－ (In Search of ‘decencie and uniformitie’: the Scottish Book of Common Prayer and Charles I’s Ideal Church)

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초록

The aim of this research is to examine the nature of Charles I’s
ideal church in 1630s by analysing the Scottish Book of Common
Prayer imposed upon the kirk in 1637. We have no better key to the
nature of Charles’s ecclesiastical policies of 1630s in their British
context than the Scottish prayer book of 1637. Charles introduced the
book without any discussion with the Scottish general assembly
which had been regarded as the final authority over the kirk since
the Reformation.
The Scottish Book of Common Prayer contained many Catholic
elements even though it resembled to the English common prayer in
its outfit and content structure. The Scottish liturgy inclined more to
Catholic practice than the English liturgy did. What Charles wanted
was to establish a british ‘uniformitie and decencie’ in the worship and
eucharist. In order to achieve this aim, he wanted to restore altar in
the east end of every churches, and establish the Eucharist ceremonies
based upon the theory of transubstantiation. Charles found the
Catholic practice of rites and ceremonies more acceptable in order to
establish ‘uniformitie and decencie’. The king shared his ecclesiastical
vision with William Laud, the archbishop of Canterbury from 1633.
We have no clear evidence that Charles had these ecclesiastical
policies to gain any political benefit. He was a deeply committed
religious person. The king clearly explained in the preface to the
Scottish prayer book that he intended it to lead to British uniformity.
The king had a plan of British uniformity which envisaged Scotland
and England being brought into conformity with his own ideal, not
to the Church of England. We cannot rule out the possibility that the
king would have imposed the new prayer book on England, if it had
not been rejected by the Scots. All these explain why Charles I had
to face the armed opposition from the Scots.

영어초록

The aim of this research is to examine the nature of Charles I’s
ideal church in 1630s by analysing the Scottish Book of Common
Prayer imposed upon the kirk in 1637. We have no better key to the
nature of Charles’s ecclesiastical policies of 1630s in their British
context than the Scottish prayer book of 1637. Charles introduced the
book without any discussion with the Scottish general assembly
which had been regarded as the final authority over the kirk since
the Reformation.
The Scottish Book of Common Prayer contained many Catholic
elements even though it resembled to the English common prayer in
its outfit and content structure. The Scottish liturgy inclined more to
Catholic practice than the English liturgy did. What Charles wanted
was to establish a british ‘uniformitie and decencie’ in the worship and
eucharist. In order to achieve this aim, he wanted to restore altar in
the east end of every churches, and establish the Eucharist ceremonies
based upon the theory of transubstantiation. Charles found the
Catholic practice of rites and ceremonies more acceptable in order to
establish ‘uniformitie and decencie’. The king shared his ecclesiastical
vision with William Laud, the archbishop of Canterbury from 1633.
We have no clear evidence that Charles had these ecclesiastical
policies to gain any political benefit. He was a deeply committed
religious person. The king clearly explained in the preface to the
Scottish prayer book that he intended it to lead to British uniformity.
The king had a plan of British uniformity which envisaged Scotland
and England being brought into conformity with his own ideal, not
to the Church of England. We cannot rule out the possibility that the
king would have imposed the new prayer book on England, if it had
not been rejected by the Scots. All these explain why Charles I had
to face the armed opposition from the Scots.

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