Parliament passed the First Act of Repeal, restoring religious practices to pre-Edwardian form.
On October 21, 1553, Mary I's Parliament passed the First Act of Repeal, a significant legislative measure that abolished various religious reforms enacted under Edward VI and reinstated Catholic doctrines as they were in 1547. This act was pivotal in Mary's agenda to reverse the Protestant Reformation in England, signifying a substantial realignment of religious practices back under papal influence. The repeal represented a decisive move to enforce orthodoxy and unify religious practices, thereby restoring ecclesiastical authority and eradicating heretical unrest within the kingdom.