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The Protestants wanted to remove all Catholic influences from the Church of England, particularly the Puritans.

The first Protestant king was King Edward VI. He was very anti-Catholic. This lead to conflict with his Catholic half-sister and heir, Mary. Mary had been born before their father, King Henry VIII had broken away from the Roman Catholic Church and had been brought up Catholic. Edward on the other hand was brought up in King Henry's Church of England.

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The Puritans wanted to purify the church of "Roman" influences.

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What is sixteenth century English Puritanism?

It was a set of broadly interpreted ideas and religious principles held by those seeking to purify the Church of England and to remove from it what they considered to be the offensive features of Catholicism.


How did the Reformation change the political power and social influence of the Roman Catholic Church?

It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. That being said, the revolt of the protestants (know as the "reformation" by protestants and secular historians) did not change the political and social influence of the Church so much as remove people from it. The Peace of Westphalia stipulated that all people in a kingdom had to follow the religion of the prince of that Kingdom, whether it was Lutheran or Catholic. This only applied in the Holy Roman Empire. England, which was not part of the Holy Roman Empire, it lived through its own revolt brought about by its King, Henry VIII. You may read about it in The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580. Basically the revolt from the Catholic Church was brought into being by princes and Kings who no longer wanted to support Rome financially, and thought having their own Church was a fine idea. The result was the faithful Catholics were harassed, moved, threatened, tortured, and in many cases (especially in England) killed in the most heinous ways imaginable. The result, believe it or not, was the Enlightenment, Calvinism with its protestant work ethic, the grueling and painful deaths of thousands who the Calvinists viewed as "unsaved" and other atrocities, as we moved away from Catholic realism to protestant rationalism.


How did the Dissolution of the Monasteries increase the power of Henry VIII?

The crown gained the land and any items or money that the monasteries had. They were fairly rich so adding it to the crown treasury was to his benefit. Politically he was able remove the power the church had over the crown. For centuries the Catholic Church had been a co government with the king. The Pope told the king what to do and threatened him when he didn't do what it wanted. By getting rid of the church he gained wealth and was able to checkmate the church power.


What was the religion of Pilgrams?

The Pilgrims were a specific group of Calvinist Christians. After King Henry VIII separated the Church of England from the rest of the Catholic Church, many English subjects were dissatisfied with the king acting as the highest church authority. Encouraged by the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Holland, and Switzerland, these dissatisfied subjects separated from the Church of England in favor of a type of Christianity without a church hierarchy with the Bible as the only authority. Without a hierarchy, many different interpretations of the Christian faith were practiced by various separatist groups. As a whole, these groups can also be called puritans. One group, originally called the Leiden Congregation (because they left England and lived in Leiden, Holland for several years), believed that they could not successfully live with their beliefs among the English (and the English authorities also pressured the government of Holland to remove them). This group set out to live as a congregation in America. They became known as the Pilgrims because they saw themselves as settlers in a promised land with a promised future. The Pilgrim Church no longer exists as a single entity. They were a type of Calvinists and puritans. Their religion is similar to today's Baptists, Congregationalists, and Methodists, but none of these religions is identical to the Pilgrims' religion. There are some smaller congregational religions that are closer in many ways to the religion of the Pilgrims, like a current church called The Christian Church and another called the Church of God, but these are not major denominations and have memberships of only a couple thousand.


What did Martin Luther do to break up the Catholic church?

Martin Luther did to break up with the Catholic church in the time of October 31,1517 in Wittenburg Germany.He made the 95 thesis to stamp it in Wittenburg church castle.The 95 thesis was his allegation against the teaching of the Catholic church.

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A group that wanted to remove Roman Catholic influences from the English church was called?

The Evangelicals might be the group you're looking for.


Did the Catholic Church remove the Gospels by the women followers of Jesus?

No, the Catholic Church determined the New Testament canon in the fourth century, and has zealously guarded it ever since. It is through the watchfulness of the Catholic church - and no one else, that we have the New Testament today, as determined by the Holy Spirit. It has never been changed.


How do you remove the safety cap from an X-acto knife?

Go to the nearest catholic church and convert to Christianity. Jesus will do it for you.


When a person was kicked of the Catholic Church?

ExcommunicationRoman Catholic AnswerI could be wrong, but I don't know of anyway to remove a person from the Catholic Church. If a person is a Catholic, then they remain a Catholic, subject to all the laws of the Church until they die. An excommunicated person is under a specific penalty in which they can not receive the Sacraments or be given a Christian burial, but they are still required to attend Mass, and abide by all the other regulations. A person may remove themselves from the Church's jurisdiction, but they are the only ones who may do that - the Church cannot.


Why did the Vatican remove the name Yahweh from hymns and prayers in the Catholic Church?

Because their pagans and their conscious couldn't bear them to proclaim his true name.


What were the results in Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn marriage?

Elizabeth I and the separation of England from the Catholic Church Very Good, apart from the fact that England didn't separate from the Catholic Church! The separation of England was from the body that derived from the Council of Trent [1564]. This came about as a result of political adventures in England, [ The pope wanting to remove the Queen,] in which the papacy had no right to be taking part! The results of the altercation between Pope and King resulted in the English Church taking the part of the early church in an ongoing argument between Church and pope. Where did authority stem from, Rome or Scripture and tradition. For England it was the latter!


Is the Catholic Church seeing a change in its Liturgy?

The Catholic Church bears the true marks of the Church. Why should the Church merge with the Church of England? On the contrary, the Church of England should return to the one and only true Church of God and that is none other than the Roman Catholic Church. Robert Oh


Why did the puritans want to change the English church?

The Puritans wanted to change the English church because they believed it needed to be reformed to remove what they saw as corrupt practices and rituals. They wanted a simpler form of worship based on their interpretation of the Bible. They also sought to eliminate perceived influences of Catholicism in the Church of England.


How were Martin Luthers beliefs different from the beliefs of the Catholic Church?

That is pretty simple, Martin Luther was trying to remove Christ's duly appointed Vicar over His Church: the pope in Rome, and replace him, as the final arbiter of religious doctrine with himself!


What church will marry a Catholic and a Presbyterian?

Maybe, this is known as a "mixed marriage", when one party has been baptized in the Catholic Church, and the other is baptized outside the Catholic Church. It is forbidden by Canon 1124 without the express permission of the competent authority. Canon 1125 stipulates that the local Ordinary (the bishop) can grant this permission if there is a just and reasonable cause, and 1) the Catholic party declares that he or she is prepared to remove any dangers of falling away from the faith and makes a sincere promise to all in his or her power to have all the children baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church; 2) the other party is to be informed of these promises and is truly aware of the promise and obligation of the Catholic party. Also, 3) Both parties must be instructed on the essential ends and properties of marriage, which are not be excluded by either party.


Why ladies wear hats in church?

Its very polite. Removing your hat in church was a Catholic idea and has nothing to do with politeness. The church was seen as being more sacred than other buildings. Protestants rejected this as superstitious and during the Reformation many refused to remove their hats as a sign of protest (see www.historum.com for more info)


Why is the Catholic Church in the AMEZ creed?

The Creeds were formed in the first centuries after Christ, as they are at least 1,500 years older than the AMEZ then I would think it would be pretty brazen to remove it without good reason.