Why were the Catholics dissatisfied with James I?

Question

Why were the Catholics (including Guy Fawkes) that attempted to blow up Parliament dissatisfied with James I?

Answer 1

Protestants being thus impious enough to make liars of Jesus Christ, of the Holy Ghost, and of the Apostles, need we wonder if they continually slander Catholics, telling and believing worse absurdities about them than the heathens did? What is more absurd than to preach that Catholics worship stocks and stones for gods; set up pictures of Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and other saints, to pray to them, and put their confidence in them; that they adore a god of bread and wine; that their sins are forgiven by the priest, without repentance and amendment of life; that the pope or any other person can give leave to commit sin, or that for a sum of money the forgiveness of sins can be obtained ? To these and similar absurdities and slanders, we simply answer: "Cursed is he who believes in such absurdities and falsehoods, with which Protestants impiously charge the children of the Catholic Church. All those grievous transgressions are another source of their reprobation."

"But what faith can we learn from these false teachers when, in consequence of separating from the Church, they have no rule of faith? ... How often Calvin changed his opinions! And, during his life, Luther was constantly contradicting himself: on the single article of the Eucharist, he fell into thirty-three contradictions! A single contradiction is enough to show that they did not have the Spirit of God. "He cannot deny Himself" (II Timothy 2:13). In a word, take away the authority of the Church, and neither Divine Revelation nor natural reason itself is of any use, for each of them may be interpreted by every individual according to his own caprice ... Do they not see that from this accursed liberty of conscience has arisen the immense variety of heretical and atheistic sects? ... I repeat: if you take away obedience to the Church, there is no error which will not be embraced.

Source(s):
Against the Reformers
Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible online

Additional Reading

St Alphonsus Mary De Liguori (1696-1787)
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Answer 2

He was engaged in the active persecution of Catholics and Puritans. Anyone who could be considered a non-political supporter was in danger. People only tend toward extreme behavior when alternatives have otherwise been closed. It became apparent that external protection was unavailable. Spain couldn't afford to attack England, for example, and so regicide would accomplish the same thing. It was a failed revolution attempt since all power was passed by blood at that time. End the blood line and you get a new government. The plot existed for the same reason the puritans fled to Plymouth colony, life was too dangerous to remain there.

Answer 3

King James translated the Bible into English so the common man could read it, and the Priest lost him monopoly on teaching about the bible. King James also changed the name of the Savior to Jesus from Iezoos

Answer 4

Think it was him that had the king james version of the bible done. Remember his mother was Mary Queen of Scots who was catholic & James 1st of England 6th of Scotland was manipulated by his unscrupulous guardians & moved away from catholicism.England was already protestant due to Henry VIII & Elizabeth the 1st. If they thought a catholic monarch was going to rule then became disappointed.....................

Answer 5

He was forced into anticatholic legislation when all he wanted was religious tolerance.
So he ended up penning all sorts of draconian laws denying Catholics' rights.

Answer 6

Hey, do your own homework, no computers in the exam room you know.

Answer 7

think it was him that changed the version of the bible to how we know it today

Answer 8

Try this website. http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/kjcathol.htm