Reformation‚ the Catholic Counter-Reformation‚ and the Age of Enlightenment. Even so‚ there are continuities in that time period‚ including the Western desire to discover‚ and the states that continued to be Catholic in the face of reformation and Protestantism. The year is 1450‚ and most of Western Europe is still largely Roman Catholic. The Spaniards are in the process of removing the Muslim Moors from Andalusia. In the late 1400s to early 1500s‚ the Italian Renaissance‚ or "Age of Rebirth" was spreading
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How far was England a more Protestant country at the death of Edward VI than at his accession in 1547? It’s 1547 and Henry VIII has just died leaving the English Church in a state of pure confusion. A Protestant approach to the Church of England had been adopted in the early 1530s to help Henry gain the annulment he so desperately wanted from his first wife Katherine followed by several Protestant doctrinal changes. However the latter years of his life saw a reversion back to Catholicism with
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This set in motion events that would have great effect in future years. The Protestants established a religion called Protestantism and as a result of this many other factions were formed such as Calvinism‚ after John Calvin‚ Lutheranism‚ after Martin Luther and many more smaller religions were formed. Although the Reformation began in Germany it became such a worldwide movement
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frightens which has resulted in many fights. The course of this frightens is that in Ireland we have two religions Catholicism and Protestantism. When these two religion groups’ collides there’ll be fights and sometimes with fatal accidents. And the short story Good Girl’ by Marita Conlon-McKenna brings some of these problems up the fights between Catholicism and Protestantism or problems within same religion. We are in Ireland more specifically in the North of Ireland. The problem here is
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Have you ever thought about what religions were around five centuries ago? Today‚ there are hundreds of diverse religions practiced by many. Back then‚ in England‚ there were two main religions: Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. Protestantism was practiced during the Elizabethan Era‚ which was around the time Shakespeare was alive. Created by Martin Luther‚ a German Monk‚ It was also deemed to be the “official” religion by the queen‚ so it was also very influential during that time period.
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’definitively protestant’. Under Somerset some supporters adopted a more radical alternative‚ but Somerset for political reasons took a bipartisan approach‚ trying to remain on both the Catholics and Protestants side. This makes accessing the Protestantism of the reformation difficult. Somerset focused on attacking the sacraments to keep the majority‚ while advancing
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individualism and government laws. During this time‚ many migrants left their homeland‚ in search of religious freedom‚ although they discriminated against other religions‚ ironically. In America‚ even though‚ Catholicism and Protestantism were major religions‚ Protestantism created two key branches‚ Anglicanism and Calvinism. In spite of religious differences‚ religious tolerance increased‚ to provide peace and end all conflict amongst the various ideals of Americans. The hatred of Catholics was
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disagreements over the role of faith and works‚ the sacraments‚ the canon of Scripture‚ the role of the priesthood‚ prayers to saints‚ and all the issues surrounding Mary and the Pope‚ etc.‚ lies the biggest rift between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism: the issue of authority. How one answers the authority question will generally solve all the others. When it comes down to deciding a theological issue about defined Catholic dogma‚ there isn’t really much to discuss on the Catholic’s side because
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Thesis:The Puritans were a widespread and diverse group of individuals who took a stand for religious purity in the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries. They had been strongly against the Catholic Church. As a matter of fact the Puritan colonists believed that English Reformation had not gone far enough and that the Church of England‚ also known as the Anglican church‚ was still tolerating too many practices that were associated with the Church of Rome they wanted greater reforms to do away with all the
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1580? When Elizabeth came to the throne‚ the majority of people in England and Wales were Catholic in belief. By 1559 only 14% of wills in Sussex contained Protestant formulae and bequests; by 1560 only 10% of wills in Kent had a statement of Protestantism in the preamble. Therefore‚ Elizabeth’s task was to slowly wean the population away from their traditional Catholic beliefs and towards her protestant regime through preaching and education. The government was actually particularly successful
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