What was Elizabeth 1's religion?

Answer 1

Elizabeth I was a member of the Church of England.
Elizabeth l was a Protestant

"We and our people - thanks be to God - follow no novel or strange religion, but that very religion ordained by Christ, sanctioned by by the primitive Catholic Church and approved by the consentient mind and voice of the early fathers"

Queen Elizabeth in a letter whose source I've lost, I think it was the Roman Emperor .

"Ordained by Christ, Primitive Catholic Church and voice of the early fathers?" Does that sound as though Eliza was a Protestant ?

Answer 2

Queen Elizabeth the First was the daughter of King Henry th 8th and his wife Anne Boleyn (who was beheaded when QE1 was a child). Elizabeth was a Protestant Christian.

During her father's reign he created the Church of England, as the Pope wouldn't allow him to divorce as often as he wanted (Henry VIII had 6 wives in total). His three children (Mary, Elizabeth and Edward) differed in their approaches. Edward and Elizabeth both favoured their father's "Church of England" while Mary was a strict Catholic.

After their father's death, Edward (a child at the time) accended the throne and continued to reign much as his father did (keeping a Protestant state), until his death from illness. Following Edward's death, Mary accended and re-established Catholicism, papal obedience; which caused a large religious rift as Queen Mary (also known as Bloody Mary) was extremely vicious in her punishment of the heritics (Catholics in these times considered any other form of religion to be heresy).

Queen Elizabeth accended the throne and healed the religious rift caused by her half-sister's reign. She ennacted the Act of Supremacy and the Act of Uniformity. These acts ensured that all spiritual needs were met, except the extreme left wings of Catholicism and Protestantism, whose beliefs were outrageous in the eyes of Queen Elizabeth.

If you are referring to the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. She is of the Anglican or Episcopalian Faith, in fact the temporal head of said church. Sometimes the abbreviation C.O.E. is used , this also means, in US Parlance, Corps of Engineers!- Episcopalian Her Majesty is.

Queen Elizabeth I - Religion

When Elizabeth assumed her position as Queen of England, the country was in turmoil. A bitter disharmony between Catholics and Protestants had created a religious divide that was tearing apart the nation. Queen Elizabeth's first order of business as new monarch was to bring an end to the religious strife. Unlike her siblings, the fanatically Catholic Mary and the extreme Protestant Edward, Elizabeth was extraordinarily tolerant and sought to bring a middle ground to the Church. The task would not be easy, as many did not share her views on religious toleration.

On Edward's accession England had become a Protestant state under Cranmer's English Prayer Book. Later, Mary re-established Catholicism and brought papal obedience back to England. This naturally created a deep religious divide and strong dissension between Catholics and Protestants. Elizabeth wanted to heal the division that was so deeply hurting the nation and a compromise was a natural progression towards unity.

In 1559, under the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity and upheld by the New Prayer Book, Elizabeth's Church of England was established. All spiritual needs were met under the reforms, except the extreme left wings of Catholicism and Protestantism, whose beliefs were outrageous in the eyes of the Queen. With the Act of Supremacy papal authority was abolished, defining Elizabeth as Supreme Governor of the Church. The Act of Uniformity required that all citizens worship on a regular basis according to the rites and ideologies of an open prayer book. There were heavy fines for those who did not attend.

Elizabeth ensured that in the new Church, services were performed in a language that people understood and whose doctrine was based on the principles of Western Christianity. She sought to create a popular place of worship that would eventually be accepted by all. In December of 1559, Matthew Parker was sanctified as the first Archbishop of Canterbury of the new Elizabethan church.

Unfortunately, there were times in Elizabeth's reign when she was forced to take a stronger pro-Protestant position. With the establishment of the Church of England, Elizabeth was viewed at home and abroad as a Protestant ruler. Although she did not face considerable problems earlier in her reign, when Mary Queen of Scots, a devout Catholic and claimant to the English throne, arrived in England in 1568 Catholic dissention quickly broke out. Countless plots to overthrow Elizabeth and seat Mary were schemed. Mary was eventually executed for her involvement in the conspiracies in 1587.

The death of a Catholic monarch outraged Catholics abroad, which led to the persecution of European Protestants. Elizabeth entered into war with France in 1572 after the mass killing of thousands of Protestants and aided factions in Scotland and Belgium when radical Catholic groups emerged. The death of Mary would also play a part in King Phillip II of Spain sending the Spanish Armada to attack England.

Queen Elizabeth I was head of the christian Anglican Church , which was becoming more protestant after breaking from Rome.

If you are referring to the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. She is of the Anglican or Episcopalian Faith, in fact the temporal head of said church. Sometimes the abbreviation C.O.E. is used , this also means, in US Parlance, Corps of Engineers!- Episcopalian Her Majesty is.

Queen Elizabeth 1st was born a protestant.

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Elizabeths was protestant, but England was catholic so she had to try and make the country protestant.

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Elizabeth I inherited a nation in religious turmoil. Henry VIII had declared himself head of the Church of England, destroying the power of the papacy and monasticism, but keeping Catholic doctrine and practice. His son, Edward VI, advanced the Reformation, but Queen Mary (1553-58) attempted to sorry this webpage has expired by Adam Rooney

She followed her father's religion, Protestant,.

Henry Vlll split the church from the Roman Catholic Church when he wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth's mother.

It is in error to speak of Eliza as a protestant! She was supreme head of the Anglican Church, but, this means she was no more than the Chief magistrate of England and the Church was under the law!

In a letter to the Emperor of Germany she said,"We and our people-thanks be to God,- follow no novel or strange religion, but that very religion ordained by Christ, sanctioned by the primitive Catholic Church and approved by the consentient mind and voice of the early fathers!"
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She was Anglican, which is the Church of England's form of Protestantism.

Answer 3

She followed the religion of her Father Henry VIII and was brought up in the Anglican faith although she had to hide this from her half Sister Mary I who was a catholic. When Elizabeth came to the throne on Mary's death, she founded the Church of England.

Answer 4

She was Church of England (Protestant)(Christian) like her father Henry VIII

Answer 5

She was a devout Roman Catholic, being the daughter of Henry VIII (Defender of the Faith!) and Katharine Of Aragon., who was Spanish royal blood.

Answer 6

She was a Protestant meaning that she was against the Catholicism;she was however still a Christian. She founded the Anglican church which became the new Church of England.

Answer 7

Queen Elizabeth believed in a catholic god

Answer 8

Protestant.

Answer 9

Catholic