How did Queen Elizabeth 1 challenge the church?

Elizabeth’s religious views were remarkably tolerant for the age in which she lived. Elizabeth wanted her Church to appeal to both Catholics and Protestants, and did not want to move the Church in a more Protestant direction, thus making it more difficult for Catholics to accept the Church than it was already.

What changes did Elizabeth make to the Church?

The Act of Uniformity of 1559 set out the groundwork for the Elizabethan church. It restored the 1552 version of the English Prayer Book but kept many of the familiar old practices and allowed for two interpretations of communion, one Catholic and one Protestant.

How are Protestants different?

Catholics believe that the Catholic Church is the original and first Christian Church. Protestants follow the teachings of Jesus Christ as transmitted through the Old & New Testament. Protestants believe that the Catholic Church stemmed from the original Christian Church, but became corrupt.

What changes occurred as a result of the Protestant Reformation?

Ultimately the Protestant Reformation led to modern democracy, skepticism, capitalism, individualism, civil rights, and many of the modern values we cherish today. The Protestant Reformation increased literacy throughout Europe and ignited a renewed passion for education.

What political changes occurred as a result of the Protestant Reformation?

Both the Catholic Church and other denominations began placing more emphasis on the role of education, for example the founding of the Jesuit Order. The political effects of the reformation resulted in the decline of the Catholic Church’s moral and political authority and gave monarchs and states more power.

How are Protestant and Catholic different?

How did England change from Catholic to Protestant?

1534: The Reformation of Henry VIII made England’s monarch the spiritual and secular head of the realm. 1547: Protestantism is continued under Edward VI. 1553: Queen Mary I reversed this decision when she restored Roman Catholicism as the state religion, and the Pope became head of the church once again.

What happened to Elizabeth I and the Church of England?

Elizabeth I and the Church of England. Parker came up against resistance from the more extreme ministers in London. In the immediate aftermath of Mary’s death and the Religious Settlement, many radicalised Protestants had returned from mainland Europe to England and the majority had made their base in London.

How did Elizabeth view the religious settlement of 1559?

Elizabeth I viewed the 1559 Religious Settlement as an Act of State, which was to establish a proper relationship between the Crown and the Church. Elizabeth desperately wanted to repair all the damage that had been caused within her kingdom in the previous decades under the name of religion.

Was Elizabeth I a Catholic or Protestant?

When Elizabeth I (1533-1603), a Protestant, became queen of England in 1558, Catholics made up the majority of the population.