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Religion in the Elizabethan Era

What was the religion like in this time?

Queen Elizabeth was born 7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603 was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Throughout the time religion was an important prospect of life. The two major religions were the Catholic and Protestant religions. The convictions and beliefs in these different religions were so strong that they led to the executions of many innocent people in both of these Elizabethan religions.

Catholicism

  • Supported by the former queen, Mary Tudor.
  • England was a Catholic country in the early 1500's
  • Elizabeth firmly believed Catholics should be able to practice their religion without fear of persecution
  • Catholics believe church service should be in Latin
  • Catholics priests were expected to remain unmarried
  • Catholics believed priests and the pope were able to forgive sins, often at a price.
  • Catholics believe churches should be decorated and made to celebrate God, with lavish statues and shrines

Protestant beliefs

Elizabethan Protestants believed that Church Services and the Bible should be in the language of the people so that the ordinary people could understand them

Elizabethan Protestants believed that people could find God without a priest or a Pope and that Ministers were ordinary people who should lead normal lives and wear ordinary robes

Elizabethan Protestants believed that only God could forgive sins

Protestants believed that Churches should be plain allowing the people to concentrate on the sermons

Elizabethan Protestants believed that Church Services and the Bible should be in the language of the people so that the ordinary people could understand them

The term 'Protestant' was adopted when supporters of Martin

Luther formally protested against efforts to limit the spread of Luther's new ideas

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