Puritans and Catholics

in England in the XVI

Century
Katherine
Arcaya
Eduardo Mora
Mara Jos Pea
Paulina Valdivia

Some context
XVI Century in England:

Henry VII was King.

Died in 1509. His son

Henry VIII ascended the

throne.
Same year, he marries

Catherine of Aragon.

No male baby was born.

Henry claimed that his

marriage had to be called

off and asked the Pope to
do it, but he didnt
approve the divorce.
He decided to cut ties

with Rome -> He became

the head of the new
Church of England.

 Finally he divorced

Catherine in 1533.

He married Anne

Boleyn who gave birth

to Elizabeth.

Who were the Catholics?

The Roman Catholic

Church congregates
people in the faith in
Jesus Christ as the son
of God and Savior of the
world, the existence of
the Holy Spirit, and the
obedience to the
papacy.
England remained
Catholic until
1530s: Henry VIII broke
ties with Rome.
Pope Clement VII, head of
the Church at the time.

1539:Act of Six Articles

pased.
All churches in
England needed to
have an English
translation of the Bible.
Monasteries had to be
abandoned.
1545: English replaced

Latin in church
services.
Withby Abbey in North
Yorkshire

1553: Mary I (Catholic)

acceded the throne.

Catholic mass restored.
1555: Began to persecute

and burn Protestants.

Illustration of the burning

of John Rodgers, the first

Protestant
executed.

1558: Mary I dies.

Elizabeth I is the

new Queen of
England.
Protestantism

restored.

Who were the Puritans?

The

Puritans were a group of extreme

Protestants within the Church of England
during the 16th century.
They wanted to purify their national church by
getting rid of every shred of Catholic influence.

Puritans tried to purify the church by banning Catholic

celebrations such as Christmas, defining them as
satanical practices.

Most Puritans were Cambridge graduates

who became priests in order to purify the
church from within.

 Puritanism gained popular support early in the

16th century, although the church hierarchy

and
government
became
increasingly
repressive,
causing
many
Puritans
to
immigrate to the New World.
Those

who remained became a powerful

element that helped in defeating Charles I in
the English Civil War.

Puritans remained dominant after the war, but they proved

themselves to be even more intolerant than the hierarchy,

which led to the expulsion of the Puritan clergy from the Church
of England after the restoration of the monarchy (1660) under
the terms of the Act of Uniformity (1662).

Dancing, theatre and other forms of entertainment

were forbidden by the Puritans since they didnt
promote hard work and payer.

What are the similarities between them?

Both played important roles in the development in the

history of England.
The Catholics tried to prevent England from becoming a
protestant country by attempting to influence the
politicians and the elite. They also tried, by several
means, to remove the protestant Queen Elizabeth from
the throne of England.
Similarly, the Puritans also became strongly involved in
politics when participating in the English Civil War shortly
after the Catholics did. The English Monarchy was almost
extinct after this war.
Both groups, possibly without intention, helped to shape
the Church of England and helped to form the protestant
tradition in England.

References
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/

english_reformation_01.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/chris
tianity/catholic/catholic_1.shtml
http://www.localhistories.org/henryvii.html

QUIZ

QUIZ
1. Henry VIII turned down the

Popes authority over England to

marry Catherine of Aragon (False,
he wanted to divorce Catherine and
marry Anne Boleyn)
a) True
b) False

QUIZ
2. Catholics were persecuted after

Henry VIIs break with the papacy

in the 1530s (False, it was Henry
VIII)
a) True
b) False

QUIZ
3. Mary I restored the Catholic

mass and started to execute

Protestants in 1555 (True)
a) True
b) False

QUIZ
4. In the early 16th century, the

Church of England hierarchy and

government became increasingly
repressive, causing many Puritans
to emigrate to the New World.
(True)
a) True
b) False

QUIZ
5. The Catholics got involved in the

English Civil War (False it was the

Puritans)
a) True
b) False

QUIZ
6. Puritans wanted to purify their

national church by getting rid of

every shred of Protestant influence
(False, because they were
protestants too. They wanted to
get rid of the Catholic doctrine).
a) True
b) False

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