english reformation. - series of events in 16th-century in england - associated with the process of...
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English Reformation
English Reformation
• - series of events in 16th-century in England• - associated with the process of the European
Protestant reformation• - religious and political movement
English Reformation
• Many factors contributed to the process:• - decline of feudalism• - rise of nationalism• - rise of common law• - invention of the printing press• - transmission of new knowledge
English Reformation
• - more a political affair than a theological dispute
• - before the break with Rome – code of canon law
• - the split from Rome made the English monarch the Supreme Governor
• - Church of England = established church of the nation
Role of Henry VIII
• - ascended the Englisch throne in 1509 (17 years)• - made a dynastic marriage with Catherine of Aragon• - observant Catholic• - defended the Catholic Church
from Martin Luther´s accusations of heresy
• - book The defence of the Seven Sacraments
• - „Defender of the Faith“
Role of Henry VIII
• meeting Anne Boleyn • In 1520s – Henry VIII wanted to divorce his
wife and annulled his marriage• The Pope refused• Henry VIII made himself the leader of the
Church
Thomas Cromwell
• 1st Earl of Essex• Advisor of Henry VIII• Lawyer and a Member
of Parliament• Great reformist• Protestant ideas to justify Henry
´s actions
Results of the English Reformation
• - the English clergy was cut off from Rome• - Henry VIII – Supreme Head of the Church
and clergy of England• - 1536 Parliament passed an act to close down
the monasteries (dissolution of the Monasteries)
English Reformation
• 1533 marriage – Anne Boleyn• birth of daughter, Princess Elizabeth• Exkommunicating from the Roman Catholic
Church• Other 4 wives• Further transformation of the Church to
Protestantism – reign of Henry´s son, King Edward VI
The Anglican Church
• - in England, Wales, Scotland• - head = Supreme Governor (Defensor Fidei)• - 2 archbishops (archbishop from Canterbury =
primate