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Religious divisions in 1558 (The Protestant Reformation created religious…
Religious divisions in 1558
The Protestant Reformation created religious divisions
They questioned the authority of the Pope.
They translated the Bible from latin into Languages that ordinary people could understand.
The Protestant Reformers believed Christians were saved by faith, not by good deeds.
They thought churches should be plain and simple, unlike highly decorated Catholic Churches.
The Protestant Reformation began in Germany in the early 16th century and gradually spread across Europe. Reformers challenged many Catholic beliefs and practices
There had been constant Religious changes since the 1530s
Henry VII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
In the early 1530d, Henry VII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. The Pope refused to accept divorce, and so Henry broke away from the Roman Catholic Church. He rejected the Pope's authority and made himself Head of the Church of England.
Henry did not support the Protestant Reformation. He didn't try to reform the English Church and make it Protestant, So Catholic beliefs and practices remained largely unchanged.
Until the 1530s, England was a Catholic Country, and most people where Catholics.
Edward VI tried to make England more Protestant
Edward VI was a strong supporter of Protestantism and tried to reform the English Church.
He made churches and church services simpler. Statues and decorations were removed from churches and priests weren't allowed to wear their elaborate Catholic vestments. A new, Protestant prayer book was issued, and church services were held in English, not Latin.
Mary I restored Catholicism and persecuted Protestants
Queen Mary I was a devout Catholic. She restored the Pope as head of the English Church, removed Edward's Protestant reforms and brought back Catholic beliefs and practices.
Under Mary, Protestants were harshly persecuted. More than 280 people were executed for their beliefs, and hundreds more (known as Marian exiles) fled to Protestant countries in Europe.
Elizabeth wanted religious stability
Elizabeth I had been raised as a Protestant. Although she hid her beliefs during Mary's reign to avoid being imprisoned, she was deeply religious and committed to Protestantism.