Two Acts of Uniformity were passed by the English Parliament in the reign of Edward VI. (1548 and 1552), both of which were repealed under Mary. In 1559, the second year of Elizabeth, a more thorough-going law of the same nature was enacted, by the provisions of which, " (1) the revised Book of Common Prayer as established by Edward VI. in 1552, was, with a few alterations and additions, revised and confirmed. (2) Any parson, vicar, or other minister, whether beneficed or not, wilfully using any but the established liturgy, was to suffer, for the first offence, six months' imprisonment, and, if beneficed, forfeit the profits of his benefice for a year; for the second offence, a year's imprisonment; for the third, imprisonment for life. (3) All persons absenting themselves, without lawful or reasonable excuse, from the service at their parish church on Sundays and holydays, were to be punished by ecclesiastical censures and a fine of one shilling for the use of the poor." _T. P. Taswell-Langmead, English Constitutional History, chapter 12._ See, also, ENGLAND: A. D. 1559. In 1662 soon after the Restoration, another Act of Uniformity was passed, the immediate effect of which was to eject about 2,000 ministers from the established Church. See ENGLAND: A. D. 1662-1665. UNIGENITUS, The Bull. See PORT ROYAL, AND THE JANSENISTS: A. D.1702-1715. UNION, The German Protestant (17th Century). See GERMANY: A. D. 1608-1618. UNION JACK. The national flag of Great Britain and Ireland, uniting the red cross of St. George and the diagonal crosses of St. Andrew and St. Patrick, on a blue ground. {3164} UNION LEAGUE, The. A secret political society formed in the United States soon after the outbreak of the American Civil War, having for its object a closer and more effective organization of the supporters of the national government. It was very large in numbers for a time, but declined as the need of such an organization disappeared. UNION OF BRUSSELS. See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1577-1581. UNION OF CALMAR, The. See SCANDINAVIAN STATES: A. D. 1018-1397; and 1397-1527. UNION OF HEILBRONN, The. See GERMANY: A. D. 1632-1634. UNION OF UTRECHT, The. See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1577-1581. UNITARIANISM.