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It was Roman Catholic until King Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic Church and started the Anglican Church (Church of England). It was very similar to Catholicism in its worship practices but it incorporated some Protestant reforms. His daughter Mary I tried to return the English Church to Roman Catholicism, but there was much opposition to that.
Elizabeth I created the Elizabethan Settlement which emphasized continuity with Catholicism but kept some reforms. It became established as a state church, which it still is today.
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∙ 8y agoIn the early sixteenth century the Catholic Church was the most powerful organisation in the western world, much more powerful than any government. The Church insisted that its clergy was not subject to the laws of secular kings, and could only be tried by the Church. To feed its appetite for funds, indulgences were sold, guaranteeing remission of time in purgatory. The Church's power led to the excesses that Martin Luther objected so strongly to when he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, in 1517.
In 1545-1563, the Council of Trent addressed contentious issues such as corrupt bishops and priests, indulgences and other financial abuses, but rejected all compromise with the Protestants. The counter-Reformation was underway by 1560, providing the Catholic Church an opportunity for renewal and meeting the challenge of Protestantism.
Some say that similar attitudes to those of the pre-Reformation Catholic Church can be found in the 'bible belt' of America and some of the more extreme Muslim countries.
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∙ 9y agoThe same as they are today - to bring Jesus Christ to people, and people to Jesus Christ. To bring about the salvation of every living person. This is why the Church has always been primarily missionary. In the sixteenth century, the Church had the additional concern of heretics, like Martin Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and Henry VIII leading people astray. This was of particular concern as they led the leaders astray (or in Henry's case, he led his whole country our of the Church) thus denying the people access to the sacraments - the means that Our Blessed Lord gave to us to achieve our salvation. Luther and Calvin's heresy was particularly obnoxious as it denied that people had to act in a moral manner and cooperate in their salvation at all, thus denying huge portions of the Scriptures, like the book of James, and Matthew 25:31-46, Philippians 2:12.
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What was life like in 16th century England?
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