ABSTRACT
From 1553 to 1558, numerous books were printed that explained England's traditional religion once again, after twenty years of religious tumult. This chapter attempts to delineate Marian Catholicism as found in these books of doctrine, devotion, apologetics, and sermons regarding two of the most disputed issues of the English Reformation: the Papacy, and what Ronald Hutton has described as the 'abiding casualties of the previous Reformations': prayer to the Saints and purgatory. It also compares these elements of Marian ecclesiology and eschatology to similar material in other texts, especially the Catechism written by Carranza and intended for England, Comentarios sobre el catechismo christiano, which provided the basis for the Tridentine Catechism. Comparing this work of Carranza, who was one of the leading proponents of Catholic Reform, with that of the religious writers whose works were published during Mary's reign is invaluable in any attempt to delineate the theology, spirituality, and strategies for reform of the Marian Church.
