HY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter Three: Ferdinando Gorges, George Carteret, Metacomet
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German friar martin luther denounced the authority of the priests and popes when he nailed his protests against catholic doctrines to the door of wittenberg"s cathedral in 1517. He declared that the bible alone was the source of god"s words. John calvin of geneva elaborated martin luther"s ideas. He wrote his basic doctrine in latin in 1536, entitled institutes of the christian religion. When king henry viii broke his ties with the roman catholic church in the 1530s, he formed the. There were a few people who wanted to see the process of taking catholicism out of. A tiny group of puritans, called separatists, broke away from the church of england (protestant). Fearing that his subjects would defy him both as their political leader and spiritual leader, king james i, the head of state of england and head of the church from 1603-1625, threatened to kick the separatists out of england.
