After the Reformation

Question 1

What happened in the English Reformation?

Answer 1

The English Reformation split the Church in England from the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope. The Protestant Church of England was established and the English monarch became its supreme head not the Pope.

Question 2

The Glorious Revolution

Answer 2

permanently established Parliament as the ruling power of England, representing a shift from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.

Question 3

The Stuarts

Answer 3

The Stuarts were monarchs of Britain and Ireland and its growing empire until the death of Queen Anne in 1714
the Royal House of Stuart was succeeded by the house of Hanover.

Question 4

the Oxford movement

Answer 4

> Sought a renewal of “catholic,” or Roman Catholic, thought and practice within the Church of England in opposition to the Protestant tendencies of the church.

Known as Tractarianism because of the tracts published, especially track 90

Question 5

The Victorian Age impact on religion

Answer 5

• the age of Darwin and the question asked was of the relationship between religion and sciences
• Mid Victorian prosperity also led to the progress of Christian socialism with the creation of the CSU (Christian Social Union).
• England at that time was fundamentally religious. The connection between Canterbury and Rome was getting closer and closer. This was regarded with expectation by some and suspicion by most others.

Question 6

The Ecumenical movement

Answer 6

born after WW2, a movement attempting to reconcile all Christian Churches

Question 7

When did Christian faith come to Britain?

Answer 7

= unknown
Colonisation of Britain by Rome –> Christians within them, but no Church of their own had been left.
3rd Century = world aware of the presence of many believers in Britain.