What protestant during 16th and 17th centuries wanted to change the Church of England?

Answer 1

Nobody is really sure but i got a bit of information: you can't decide because either the monarch was Protestant or Catholic. Because Henry VIII was a Catholic, Edward was a Protestant, Mary was a Catholic and Elizabeth was a Protestant so you really can't tell.

When Henry was on the throne he was a Catholic. In 1509 Henry was clearly a good Catholic, he supported the Pope. In 1521 Henry VIII was given the title Fidei Defensor by the Pope. Henry had defended the Catholics against criticism in Europe. By defending the Catholic faith, the Pope rewarded him with the title. But in 1533 Henry wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon because she couldn't produce a male heir not a female heir. He needed a son because at that time men were thought to be more important than woman and they thought woman to be weak and because the last name Tudor would still go on. Catherine was getting too old and it looked as she wouldn't have anymore children so Henry wanted to marry someone else. That someone else was Anne Boleyn. So Henry went to ask permission from the Pope for a divorce but the Pope said no because Catherine's father was the King of the Spain and Catherine's nephew was Charles V and recently Charles had invaded Rome and captured the Pope. Henry went angry and then thought of an idea and broke away the English Church from the Roman Catholic Church. He now made himself the head so he could divorce Catherine. He could do this because the English Church was broke away from the Roman Church. So now the Pope wasn't the head. Also this was a good idea so he could make more money from the taxes and own more land because he was the head of the Church of England. This gave him more power. The Pope went angry and excommunicated Henry. But still didn't mean that he wasn't Catholic; he just broke from the Pope. He was still a Catholic.

Edward reigned in 1547. He was very smart and could read and speak Latin and Greek at the age of 7. When Edward was Henry VIII's son, he was educated by Protestants. He was not brought up in the Catholic religion. But when it was Edward's reign, he was too young to rule himself because he was 9 years old so his advisors would help him.