<P> The Church of England became the established church by an Act of Parliament in the Act of Supremacy , beginning a series of events known as the English Reformation . During the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip , the church was fully restored under Rome in 1555 . However , the pope 's authority was again explicitly rejected after the accession of Queen Elizabeth I when the Act of Supremacy 1558 was passed . Catholic and Reformed factions vied for determining the doctrines and worship of the church . This ended with the 1558 Elizabethan Settlement , which developed the understanding that the church was to be `` both Catholic and Reformed '' . </P>
<P> The Church of England became the established church by an Act of Parliament in the Act of Supremacy , beginning a series of events known as the English Reformation . During the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip , the church was fully restored under Rome in 1555 . However , the pope 's authority was again explicitly rejected after the accession of Queen Elizabeth I when the Act of Supremacy 1558 was passed . Catholic and Reformed factions vied for determining the doctrines and worship of the church . This ended with the 1558 Elizabethan Settlement , which developed the understanding that the church was to be `` both Catholic and Reformed '' . </P>
when did england separate from the catholic church
when did england separate from the catholic church
1558
1558