in the 1600s what were the different religious groups?
alongside an important minority of catholics, there were various protestant groups with differing views and practices
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what were most people who identified with the church if England?
were of a broad protestant faith that had developed from Calvinism
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what was Calvinism the belief in?
predestination and the need for the elders who ran the church to impose discipline on its members. It became the dominant branch of protestantism within the CoE
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why was religion bound to a major political issue?
in a country which only one national Church was allowed and the monarch was the head of that Church
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where did Catholics remain?
outside the state church
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did many oppose the church?
even within the ranks of the CoE there were those that disagreed with the way that religious belief and practices had developed
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what were the puritans?
protestants who believed that the CoE had not been sufficiently reformed
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what did the Arminians believe?
felt the opposite to puritans. They were anxious to avoid radical change and wanted to bring the State Church more in line with the traditional catholic practices
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Card 2
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what were most people who identified with the church if England?
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were of a broad protestant faith that had developed from Calvinism
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what was Calvinism the belief in?
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Card 4
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why was religion bound to a major political issue?
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