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What happened to people in England if they decided to be Christian instead of Catholic?
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Catholics are Christians. According to them, they are the only people who can rightly call themselves Christians.
England was officially a Catholic country up to 1533 and again from 1553 to 1558. Before 1533 the only people who were not Catholic were the Jews who were expelled in the 13th century. People like the Lollards were considered to be heretics, bad Catholics, but Catholics nonetheless. During the five-year reign of Mary I (Bloody Mary) Protestants (who had by then established themselves as a different kind of Christian from Catholics) were severely persecuted. However, on Mary's death it was the Catholics who were severely persecuted (a number being tortured to death for their beliefs) and the open practice of the Catholic religion was forbidden in England and Great Britain from 1558 to 1791, a period of 233 years. So for a long period of English history, deciding to renounce the Catholic faith meant becoming a law-abiding citizen and not running the risk of prosecution or social oblivion as a result of your religion.
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Catholic AnswerAs noted above, your question makes no sense as Catholics are Christians. There are Christians who do not belong to the visible Catholic Church, those who are validly baptized and believe in the Nicene Creed in its traditional interpretation. If you want to know about people who chose to be protestant or nonconformists instead of Catholic, then you need to ask that question.Wiki User
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