HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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Which contributed to the English Reformation and the creation of the Church of England?
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Martin Luther claimed that selling indulgences to the poor was corrupt.
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The pope denied Henry Vlll’s request for an annulment of his marriage.
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Calvin preached that the Eucharist only a symbol of the body of Jesus.
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Calvin preached that whether a person would go to Heaven was predetermined.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -a) One cause of the Protestant Reformation in England was that the pope would not grant Henry VIII a divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. In response, Henry VIII got Parliament to declare him to be the Supreme Head of the Church of England and fully independent from the pope’s authority.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pope Clement denied an annulment for several reasons, one being that Catherine’s nephew, Emperor Charles V of Spain, had laid siege to Rome and essentially was holding the Pope as prisoner.
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