The History and Corruption of the Roman Catholic Church

Learned there were very few Christians living in England; sent his Augustine along with 40 other monks on crusade to England to convert people to Christianity

Arrived in Canterbury, England in 596; ended up converting King Ethelbert and the majority of his kingdom to Christianity

Became Chancellor of England in 1154 and later was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury; believed in the King's idea that clergymen accused of serious crimes should be handled by the courts, but later changed his mind; fled from England to escape charges brought against him; later he returned and exocommunicated the Archbishop of York and other supporters of Henry II

Became king in 1154; decided that clergymen found guilty of crimes should be handled by the courts; when Thomas Becket disagreed with this , he took it as a sign of betrayal and sought revenge

Traveled to Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170; demanded that Becket pardon the men he had excommunicated. Becket refused and these four knights hacked him to death with their swords

Began the criticism towards the power and corruption of the Pope and the Catholic church; attacked the Pope for excusing people’s sins in exchange for money and for not allowing the bible to be translated into other languages; stated that a large majority of the people could not read Latin therefore they had to believe only what the priest told them was in the Bible because their only access to religion was through the priest

Protestant; made drastic changes to the Church of England; introduced the English Prayer Book and now allowed clergy members to marry

Believed that the Pope could only be declared as the Church leader; her beliefs led to the execution of Thomas Cranmer(Archbishop of Canterbury) and other Protestants who denied the belief that the Pope was the ONLY true head of Church

Claimed that the bread and wine of communion became the body and blood of Jesus Christ ; some Protestants did NOT believe in this claim(often led to execution)

Allowed people the chance to be “free” of their sins in exchange for money

Developed by Robert Catesby; consisted of assassinating James and as many members of Parliament as possible by creating an explosion; scheduled to be carried out on November 5th(the day the King was due to open Parliament)