How Did The English Reformation Influence The Catholic Church

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Examples of challengers came early to the authority of the Catholic Church prior to Martin Luther posting his 95 propositional doctrinal dissertations on the belfry doors in Wittenburg. Many years later, the challenge of Luther’s to church doctrine inspired with confidence other reformers such as John Calvin. With the doctrinal spread of Calvin’s from Geneva, Switzerland to the British Isles. The British Isles is now known as the English Reformation, King Henry VIII epicenter of dynastic concern. One of the major effects of the Reformation is the lessening influence of Catholic Church. That the church authority was to be less involved in matters of state. This could be evidently seen as Henry VIII proceeded to break free from all papal authority and establish the independent Church of England. We could …show more content…

William Tyndale, Martin Luther and, among others, translated the Scriptures into languages that reflect the vernacular of those living in Germany and England. The Reformation often led to the Protestant opposition to the established throne and the Catholic church. Those politically opposed allied with the religious dissenters known as the Huguenots. The action led to civil war throughout all of France. The new Church of England pushed through tumultuous times as the offshoot of Henry VIII struggled for control of the throne. In Ireland, the English ruling class adopted the Church of England while the Irish people remained predominantly Roman Catholic. The northern states were mostly Lutheran while the southern states generally remain Roman Catholic. Protestant Reformation as well, as a result, was driven in part by the desire to convert the indigenous to the Catholic or Protestant faith; with colonies in North America representing the full spectrum of Christendom. Puritans, Quakers, Catholics, and Anglicans all inhabited various portions of the thirteen

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