<P> The English Church was brought back under papal authority in 1553 and doctrinal and liturgical conformity at the beginning of the reign of Queen Mary I . The restoration of papal authority was celebrated by the majority of the nation and enforced by the Marian persecutions against Protestants . Her harshness was a success but at the cost of alienating a fairly large section of English society which had been moving away from some traditional Catholic devotional practices . The English it seems were quite caught up with the reforming movement on the Continent . At the time they were neither Calvinist nor Lutheran , but certainly leaning toward Protestantism ( and by the late 16th century , were certainly Protestant ) . </P>
<P> The English Church was brought back under papal authority in 1553 and doctrinal and liturgical conformity at the beginning of the reign of Queen Mary I . The restoration of papal authority was celebrated by the majority of the nation and enforced by the Marian persecutions against Protestants . Her harshness was a success but at the cost of alienating a fairly large section of English society which had been moving away from some traditional Catholic devotional practices . The English it seems were quite caught up with the reforming movement on the Continent . At the time they were neither Calvinist nor Lutheran , but certainly leaning toward Protestantism ( and by the late 16th century , were certainly Protestant ) . </P>
under which monarchy did england temporarily return to catholicism
under which monarchy did england temporarily return to catholicism
Queen Mary I
Queen Mary I