Who brought the Catholic religion back to England and how did it go away again?

Question

TO THE FIRST ANSWERER , I AM TALKING ABOUT OFFICIALLY BEING THE RELIGION OF ENGLAND!

THANKS TO THE FIRST ****. I WAS NOT ASKING YOUR OPINION ABOUT IT BEING FAIR OR NOT!!

Answer 1

What a lot of personally-motivated rubbish has been posted.

The Church in England obeyed the Pope until 1534. Henry VIII broke away from the Pope, Edward VI kept things that way, Mary I brought it back under the Pope in 1553, and Elizabeth I broke away again in 1558. The term "Roman Catholic" didn't really apply, but it's just the easiest one to use.

Roman Catholics had a rough time for a while because the Pope wanted an English monarch who would obey him again. This led to the Babington plot (murder Elizabeth and put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne), Spanish Armada (depose Elizabeth and make England a colony of Spain), and the Gunpowder Plot (murder James I anyway). All these hostile acts made the patriotism of Roman Catholics in England very suspect. As a result, their civil rights were greatly restricted up until about 1840, and as late as about 1910 they were still not allowed to graduate at Oxford or Cambridge University.

Answer 2

It was all to do with who was the king or queen ie Mary queen of Scotland was catholic but queen Elizabeth of England was not,so it came down that who was on the throne.I can't remember if there was any one before Mary that was catholic other then Henry the 8th first wife,of course she wasn't crowned to run the country,of course when one died by what ever way and the next took over and so the religion changed as with the person hope i haven't confused you.

Answer 3

Pastor Billy says: you again Thomas K, still playing those anti-catholic games are you.

Currently there are more practising Catholics than Protestants in the UK. As others have already verified the Catholic Church never left it was merely forced underground by the brutal reformation regime which used murder and persecution to subdue the masses. Purtian England was a nasty place. Cromwell was praised for all the wrong reasons. Once the Puritans came to power things only got worse for everyone.

Answer 4

During the early modern period the religion of England was that of the monarch (or leader briefly in the case of Oliver Cromwell). England was Catholic at first under the Tudors, Henry VII and Henry VIII. Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church in the 1530s. England then became Protestant under him until 1547, and after his death, Edward VI was also Protestant during his brief rule of 1547-1553. Upon Edward's death, Mary, the daughter of Henry's first wife Catherine of Aragon, made England Catholic again from 1553 to 1558. She got the nickname "Bloody Mary" for the about 300 Protestant martyrs executed during her rule. When Mary died, she was followed by Elizabeth, a Protestant. Elizabeth restored Protestantism. It remaine so until the Puritan Revolution in which Oliver Cromwell took over England in the 1640s, and Charles I was beheaded. After Cromwell died his son briefly held power and was disposed and Charles II restored The Church of England, Protestant Church. England was last Catholic under James II, a devout Catholic. He ruled from 1685 to 1689. He was forced to abdicate because unlike most previous leaders he tried to strongly forced Catholicism on England. William and Mary took power in 1688, again restored England to Protestantism, which it has remained every since.

Answer 5

I may be wrong, but...

Catholicism has never been the "official" religion in the UK, however it was the predominant religion brought by the Romans. This lasted up until Henry VIII, when he founded the Church of England because Rome wouldn't grant him an anullment. Can't remember which wife.

The Church of England has been the state religion ever since - hence the Queen is "defender of the faith"[singular] (Prince Charles' likely revision of this to "defender of faiths"[plural] attempts to recognise diversity).

Answer 6

the Catholic religion , never went away , the family of the late duke of Norfolk remained Catholic since the the English civil war , and Irish immigrants , help to build new churches , as Cromwell took them away , from the catholic , the Protestant religion , spilt as well , Anglican Church is the high Church of England , and you have the low church of England , and all free churches and purest , so the Irish get the church alive in England

Answer 7

Hi,
I don't know when it came back but i do know how the Catholicism turned into a prosecuted religion.
Henry VIII wanted to divorce from his spanish wife.
He asked permission to the pope but this didn't allow Henry VIII to divorce.
Then the king decided to separate from de Catholic branch of criticism.
Henry VIII was know the king and also the chief of his new religion.
All of this happened around the mid of 16th century

I'm sorry for my poor english.
I hope I've helped a lite bit

Answer 8

It isn't. The Church of England is the official religion in England. There are many Catholics in England and none of them suffer for their religious beliefs. Besides the 2 mentioned above there are literally hundreds of religions in and across all the countires belonging to the UK and they are all free to choose whichever religion they want to follow. Most people in the UK want to live a peaceful life and live in harmony with their neighbours, no matter what colour, creed or religion they belong to. The trouble is caused by minorities, the racists and religious fanatics who do not wish anyone else to live any way except their way.

Answer 9

Mary Tudor returned Catholicism to the position of state religion.
Elizabeth Tudor went back to Protestantism.
The Stuarts didn't want to meddle.

Answer 10

not positive but was'nt it because Henry viii wanted to marry catherinne of Aragon who was catholic, then when he could'nt divorce her became protestant head of chuch. something like that good luck sure a brainbox out there knows exactly.