Protestantism in England (16 century)

4. Popular Protestantism…………………………………...4p
5. Protestantism in England………………………………..5p
6. Wycliff…………………………………………………..6p
7. Henry VIII……………………………………………….6p
8. Edward VI……………………………………………….7p
9. Mary…………………………………………………….8p
10. Conclusions……………………………………………..8p
11. References………………………………………………10p
1. Introduction
Protestantism is a movement in Western Christianity whose adherents reject the notion that divine authority is channeled through one particular human institution or person such as the Roman Catholic pope. Protestants look elsewhere for the authority of their faith. Most of them stress the Bible - the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament - as the source and the norm of their teaching. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians also stress the authority of the Bible, but they also look to tradition, and, in the case of Catholics, to the pope as a source of authority.
In this report the origin of the Protestantism was explained, the characteristic protestant principles were sorted out, the history of Protestantism in the 16th century during the rule of different kings was analysed. The most important person of that time, Henry VIII, was mentioned with his all done job and the purpose to do it.
The main data and information were found on Internet, on different sites. Also, the books about the History of Britain were used to sort things out.
2. Origin of the name
The Diet of the Holy Roman Empire, assembled at Speyer in April, 1529, resolved that, according to a decree promulgated at the Diet of Worms (1524), communities in which the new religion was so far established that it could not without great trouble be altered should be free to maintain it, but until the meeting of the council they should introduce no further innovations in religion, and should not forbid the Mass, or hinder Catholics from assisting thereat.
Against this decree, and especially against the last article, the adherents of the new Evangel — the Elector Frederick of Saxony, the Landgrave of Hesse, the Margrave Albert of Brandenburg, the...

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