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A-Z: General definitions: English Reformation
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The series of events during the sixteenth century which changed England from a Catholic country under the authority of the Pope, to a predominantly Protestant country whose monarch was the head of the Church of England. Many factors contributed to this shift, such as the desire for religious reform across Europe and Henry VIII’s desire for a divorce.
1. Sometimes used to denote all Christians
2. Used specifically of the Roman Catholic church.
The supreme governor of the Roman Catholic Church who has his headquarters in Rome, in Vatican City. In certain circumstances, his doctrinal utterances are deemed infallible.
Christians whose faith and practice stems from the Reformation movement in the sixteenth century which resulted in new churches being created as an alternative to the Roman Catholic Church.
The 'Established' or state church of England, the result of a break with the Catholic church under Henry VIII and further developments in the reign of Elizabeth I.
English Renaissance king famous for having six wives and for his part in the English Reformation
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