Reformation Ideas Spread: The English Reformation and the Catholic Reformation HWH UNIT 1 CHAPTER 1.4
Anabaptists Rejected infant baptism Rejected violence Advocated separating church and state Munster,
King Henry VIII (r )
“ Defender of the Faith ” Defense of the Seven Sacraments – Leo X Devout advisors – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey ( ) – Thomas More ( )
Henry and His Wives Mary I Elizabeth I Edward VI
Henry ’ s Wives… #1: Catherine of Aragon (m ) – Daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella – Aunt of Charles V – Had a daughter, Mary… …but no son Annulment?
Thomas Cranmer ( ) Archbishop of Canterbury – Advised the split with Rome
#2: Anne Boleyn (m ) Secretly married to Henry in 1533 – Already six months pregnant with Elizabeth The Act of Supremacy (1534) – Established the Church of England (Anglican Church) Henry was the head of the church All Roman Catholic lands and monasteries were confiscated – 25% of all land in England Thomas More would not convert Anne was executed in 1536
Anglican Doctrine Under Henry The Six Articles (1539) – Maintained almost all of Catholic doctrine Henry, not the pope, was the authority The doctrine of the Anglican Church will be in flux until the late 17 th century
#3: Jane Seymour (m ) Had a son, Edward (VI) Died from complications of childbirth
#4: Anne of Cleves (m. 1540) German Ugly Divorced
#5: Kathryn Howard (m ) 30 years younger than Henry Cheated Executed
#6: Katherine Parr (m ) Outlived Henry
King Edward VI (r )
Moved the Anglican church toward Calvinism Book of Common Prayer (1549—Cranmer) – Somewhat Calvinist Advisors were Protestant – Communicated directly with Calvin Changes: – Clergy could marry – Salvation by faith alone – Only baptism and communion – Iconic images removed from churches – Denied transubstantiation
Burial place of Edward VI, Westminster Abbey, London
Queen Mary I (r ) CATHOLIC – 1 st daughter of Henry and Catherine of Aragon Married Philip II of Spain Executed Cranmer and other Protestants –“ Bloody Mary ”
Elizabeth I (r )
The “ Elizabethan Settlement ” Two Extremes—Elizabeth took the middle road – Catholics – Puritans Undid Mary ’ s anti-Protestant laws Made Elizabeth head of the Church of England Cranmer ’ s Book of Common Prayer Made moderate Protestantism the official religion
The Church of England under Elizabeth Two Sacraments Clergy could not marry Catholicism tolerated (in private) Mandatory attendance at church No monasteries Mass given in English
The Counter (or Catholic) Reformation
Rome ’ s Response to the Reformation Pope Paul III (r ) Ignatius of Loyola ( )and the Jesuits – Spiritual Exercises ( ) – Focus: education and conversion
The Council of Trent ( ) Pope Paul III (r ) Conclusions: – Reaffirmed Catholic doctrine – Ended corruption within the clergy Pluralism Absenteeism Sale of indulgences More education for clergy
The Roman Inquisition and the Index of Forbidden Books