English Reformation
Henry's church break
The English Reformation was the sixteenth-century break between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church, initiated by Henry VIII when the Pope refused to annul his marriage.
Unlike continental Protestant movements driven primarily by theology, England's reformation began as a political act, with doctrinal changes following gradually.
The resulting Church of England retained Catholic ritual elements while rejecting papal authority.
The English Reformation transformed the country's religious, political, and cultural landscape for centuries.
- Act of SupremacyLaw establishing royal church control
- Elizabeth IFinal Tudor sovereign
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- Edward VIBrief Tudor monarch
Thomas Cranmer · Mary I · Book of Common Prayer · Thirty-Nine Articles · Thomas Cromwell · Anne Boleyn · Thomas More · Jane Seymour
Protestant tradition emphasizing grace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- PuritanismProtestant reform movement
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- justificationReason proving rightness
iconoclasm · heresy · evangelical · grace · salvation · scripture · preaching · sermon
Papal Christian denomination
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- theologyStudy of the divine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- papacyPope's office and authority
excommunication · clergy · liturgy · bishopric · episcopacy · sacraments · transubstantiation · Mass
Sixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- religious dramaTheater depicting sacred narratives
mystery plays · church music · hymns · psalms · iconoclasm · pilgrimage sites · shrines · saints
Rule by crowned sovereign
- Tudor dynastyEnglish royal house
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
power struggle · state church · centralization · succession · dynastic · treason · attainder · confiscation
Henry VIII
- Act of SupremacyLaw establishing royal church control
- Elizabeth IFinal Tudor sovereign
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
Thomas Cranmer · Edward VI · Mary I · Book of Common Prayer · Thirty-Nine Articles · Thomas Cromwell · Anne Boleyn · Thomas More · Jane Seymour · Bloody Mary
Lutheranism
Protestant tradition emphasizing grace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- PuritanismProtestant reform movement
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
justification · iconoclasm · heresy · evangelical · grace · salvation · scripture · preaching · sermon · catechism
Catholicism
Papal Christian denomination
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- theologyStudy of the divine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
papacy · excommunication · clergy · liturgy · bishopric · episcopacy · sacraments · transubstantiation · Mass · confession
Tudor
Sixteenth-century English ruling family
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
religious drama · mystery plays · church music · hymns · psalms · iconoclasm · pilgrimage sites · shrines · saints · relics
monarchy
Rule by crowned sovereign
- Tudor dynastyEnglish royal house
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
divorce · power struggle · state church · centralization · succession · dynastic · treason · attainder · confiscation · annulment
English ReformationRoman Catholicism
Papal Christian tradition
Counter-Reformation · papal supremacy · Catholicism · papism
English ReformationRadical Reformation
Thoroughgoing sixteenth-century Protestant movement
reform, English, Anglican, Protestantism, unreformed, Anglicanism, Reformation, Counter-Reformation