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His principal adviser, Thomas Oliver Cromwell, became King´s chief Minister. He was the responsible for the supremacy of monarquies. They wanted to make money and became popular with the rising classes of land owners and merchants.

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He governed England through his close advicers.
He broke with Rome using the Parliament to make it legal.
England became a political protestant country, however, its religious was still Catholic.

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-People could win salvation by faith in God´s gift of forgiveness.
-Church teachings should be based on the words of the Bible. Both the Pope and the Church traditions were false authorities.
-All people with faith were equal. No need of priests to interpret the Bible for them.

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He wrote the 95 theses in response to  Teztel´s tactics. Luther´s actions began the Reformation.

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He took public stand against the action´s of Johann Teztel who sold indulgences and made people believe they could buy the way to heaven.

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It was introduced by Martin Luther in Germany and John Calvin in Geneva. Henry criticized Luther´s teachings.

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1529- Henry called Parliament into session and asked it to pass a set of laws that ended the pope´s power. It is known as Reformation Parliament.

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This law met some oppositions, for instance, Thomas More who strongly criticized the Church but remained a devout Catholic.

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1534- The Act of Supremacy recognized Henry VIII as the Head of the Church of England. He divorced from Katherine and married Anne Boleyn.

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1510 - Henry married Katherine of Aragon  who didn´t give him a legitimate male heir so he wanted to divorce from her.

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He asked the Church for marriage annulment.

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He didn´t approve new ideas of Reformation

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He wanted to centralised authority, control the church and keep its wealth.

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As well as his father Henry VII, he was constantly looking for new ways to generate money.

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Chuch leaders became wordly and corrupt and many people found Church  practices unacceptable.

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Europeans princes and kings were jealous of the Church´s wealth and the merchants.
Merchants and others resented having to pay taxes to the church.

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The Church was challenged by powerful monarchs as the supreme power in Europe.

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People started to question the Church due to the Renaissance values of humanism and secularism.

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CAUSES OF RELIGIOUS REFORMATION          

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CAUSES OF RELIGIOUS REFORMATION          