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the reformation Parliament

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  • attacked Wolsey for praemunire (answering to the Pope before the King)
  • led to general criticism against the church- sympathy for writers like Tyndale and Fish
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Thomas Cromwell’s solution

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1530 - appointed to Royal council

used his position to force the clergy to submit to the King - this would force the Pope

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John Lambert execution

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denied transubstantiation- suggests Henry was becoming increasingly tyrannical against those who spoke against him

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introduction of English Litany

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1544

shows further progress towards Protestantism

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period of religious confusion

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ruling anti-catholic acts but not enforced

trying to appease both faiths

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Christopher Germain

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English lawyer who argued that Henry had the right to govern the church in his own kingdom

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William Tyndale

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‘Obedience of the Christian Man’ - about kings who controlled the church, not foreign authorities like the Pope

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power

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Henry did not want to have to answer to another man. He was chosen by God, so only answerable to God

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money

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  • donations would go to him, rather than the Pope

- used the wealth of the catholic churches for his own purpose

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papacy

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had lost respect in the last years due to involved in politics rather than only religious activity

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1532

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Henry decided to break with Rome and establish a royal supremacy over the church

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significance of English litany

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it allowed the congregation to become more involved and feel more accepted in the new religion

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fluctuations in his policy

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perhaps to prevent religious extremism that was going on in other parts of Europe and causing a civil war

wanted to maintain a religious balance

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period of inflation

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Henry couldn’t survive off crown rents and loans alone

needed to meet the expenses of the government- could use the monastic lands

Ex: needed money to put down the Geraldine Rebellion in Ireland