does persecution of catholics continued in edward VI's REIGN?

Question

i know it existed under Henry VIII AND Elizabeth I but i dont know with edward

Answer 1

With a young Boy on the English Throne his Protestant Uncle and Family seized the opportunity to strip Catholics of any remaining power they possessed and to seize their possessions & lands. In other words Persecution Worsened.

Edward the Lad was deeply Religious, quite certain that His Uncle was Right, though at times compassion overcame him and he begged his Uncle to be less harsh one legend or two even has Edward sparing the Earl of Arundel from torture and death - - - which later rebounded to his 'discredit' - - -

In fact, in the odd way of Christians speaking of Christ's compassion, leading Catholics pointed to Edwards horrible death & linering crippling illness as God's Punnishment for his Persecution of Catholics.

Peace........

Answer 2

Rather than 'continuing' it started. During his reign the Book of Common Prayer was introduced and the Act of Uniformity 1549 made its use compulsory and the Government moved towards Protestantism. The strains between Catholics and Protestants became more pronounced. Destruction of relics and the dissolution of chantries (chapels founded for the sole purpose of saying masses for the deceased founder) continued. Parliament was prorogued in 1550 and Catholics were ejected from the Council. Confiscation of Chantry lands and Church treasure continued in an attempt to raise revenue. there was a second Act of Uniformity thereafter which was even more strongly Protestant. The King's advisor, the Earl of Warwick inveigled the young King to settle the crown on Lady Jane Grey (his, the Earl's, daughter in law and granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister) with the purpose of stopping the accession of the Catholic, Mary Tudor

Answer 3

Although it is hard to find references to it, Edward VI seems to have done much to promote the new religion.
It seems the time of the most systematic persecutions of priests was during the later reign of Elizabeth, rather than the earlier reigns of Henry and Edward.
The issue for Henry VIII was a political one rather than religious. He insisted that the clergy recognise his supremacy over the church in England and not that of the Pope. It was not really until the time Edward's regency council that the church began to move towards Protestant ideas.

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Answer 4

It's not correct to say Henry VIII persecuted Catholics-he broke away from the Catholic church and caused the monastries to be dissoluted but Henry VIII still regarded himself as a Catholic at this time.