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    The English Reformation was a series of events in the 16th century where the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. It was driven by both theological disputes as well as political differences between England and Rome. A series of acts of Parliament between 1532-1534 established the King as the head of the Church of England instead of the Pope. The theology of the Church became more Protestant under King Edward VI, but was reversed again under Queen Mary I before Elizabeth I reintroduced Protestantism, though in a more moderate form. The disputes ended violently before a compromise was reached establishing the Church of England alongside non-conformist churches.

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    The English Reformation was a series of events in the 16th century where the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. It was driven by both theological disputes as well as political differences between England and Rome. A series of acts of Parliament between 1532-1534 established the King as the head of the Church of England instead of the Pope. The theology of the Church became more Protestant under King Edward VI, but was reversed again under Queen Mary I before Elizabeth I reintroduced Protestantism, though in a more moderate form. The disputes ended violently before a compromise was reached establishing the Church of England alongside non-conformist churches.

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    The English Reformation was a series of events in the 16th century where the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. It was driven by both theological disputes as well as political differences between England and Rome. A series of acts of Parliament between 1532-1534 established the King as the head of the Church of England instead of the Pope. The theology of the Church became more Protestant under King Edward VI, but was reversed again under Queen Mary I before Elizabeth I reintroduced Protestantism, though in a more moderate form. The disputes ended violently before a compromise was reached establishing the Church of England alongside non-conformist churches.

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    English Reformation was a series of events in 16th-century England by which


    the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic
    Church. These events were, in part, associated with the wider process of the
    European Protestant Reformation, a religious and political movement that affected the
    practice of Christianity across western and central Europe during this period. Many factors
    contributed to the process: the decline of feudalism and the rise of nationalism, the rise of
    the common law, the invention of the printing press and increased circulation of the Bible,
    and the transmission of new knowledge and ideas among scholars, the upper and middle
    classes and readers in general. However, the various phases of the English Reformation,
    which also covered Wales and Ireland, were largely driven by changes in government
    policy, to which public opinion gradually accommodated itself.
    Based on Henry VIII's desire for an annulment of his marriage (first requested of Pope
    Clement VII in 1527), the English Reformation was at the outset more of a political affair
    than a theological dispute. The reality of political differences between Rome and England
    allowed growing theological disputes to come to the fore.[1] Until the break with Rome, it was
    the Pope and general councils of the Church that decided doctrine. Church law was
    governed by canon law with final jurisdiction in Rome. Church taxes were paid straight to
    Rome, and the Pope had the final word in the appointment of bishops.
    The break with Rome was effected by a series of acts of Parliament passed between 1532
    and 1534, among them the 1534 Act of Supremacy, which declared that Henry was the
    "Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England".[2] (This title was renounced by Mary I in
    1553 in the process of restoring papal jurisdiction; when Elizabeth I reasserted the royal
    supremacy in 1559, her title was Supreme Governor.)[2] Final authority in doctrinal and legal
    disputes now rested with the monarch, and the papacy was deprived of revenue and the
    final say on the appointment of bishops.
    The theology and liturgy of the Church of England became markedly Protestant during the
    reign of Henry's son Edward VI largely along lines laid down by Archbishop Thomas
    Cranmer. Under Mary, the whole process was reversed and the Church of England was
    again placed under papal jurisdiction. Soon after, Elizabeth reintroduced the Protestant
    faith but in a more moderate manner. The structure and theology of the church was a
    matter of fierce dispute for generations.
    The violent aspect of these disputes, manifested in the English Civil Wars, ended when the
    last Roman Catholic monarch, James II, was deposed, and Parliament asked William
    III and Mary II to rule jointly in conjunction with the English Bill of Rights in 1688 (in the
    "Glorious Revolution"), from which emerged a church polity with an established church and
    a number of non-conformist churches whose members at first suffered various civil
    disabilities that were removed over time. The legacy of the past Roman Catholic
    Establishment remained an issue for some time, and still exists today. A substantial
    minority remained Roman Catholic in England, and in an effort to disestablish it from British
    systems, their church organisation remained illegal until the 19th century.

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