Young people's history of England . e j-iasfc to Aunc Bolcvu, laws were passed by Parlia- power of ^ ^ •* -^ the Pope in mcut which Completely did away with the Popes England. ,.._,,, ^^. , authority in England. His power to appoint thebishops and clergy of the English church was annulled ;il was enacted that no more money should be collected forhim in England ; and the clergy were freed from their obli-gation to obey him. The Lollards, followers of John Wycliffe, w^ere still nu-merous in England. They had always been persecuted,ever since the time of Wycliffe himself; but even oppres-sion had
Young people's history of England . e j-iasfc to Aunc Bolcvu, laws were passed by Parlia- power of ^ ^ •* -^ the Pope in mcut which Completely did away with the Popes England. ,.._,,, ^^. , authority in England. His power to appoint thebishops and clergy of the English church was annulled ;il was enacted that no more money should be collected forhim in England ; and the clergy were freed from their obli-gation to obey him. The Lollards, followers of John Wycliffe, w^ere still nu-merous in England. They had always been persecuted,ever since the time of Wycliffe himself; but even oppres-sion had not entirelv crushed them out. They Doctrines ^ of the went fuither in their belief than those who mere- ly wished to reform the abuses of the clergy, andeven than those who desired to free England from thePopes authority ; for they rejected many of the doctrinesthemselves of the Roman Church. They urged that sincereform had once been begun, it should extend to makingreligious faith more simple and more reasonable. This :W!^ii. ENTRANCE OF ANNE BOLEYN INTO LONDON. — Page 190. THE RISE OF PROTESTANTISM. IQI sect was greatly strengthened by the movement begun, justabout the time of Henrys revolt from the Pope, by MartinLuther in Germany. Luther boldly attacked the Martindoctrines of the church. He and his followers Luther,protested against the injunction of the Diet of Speyer(1529) that mass should be said in every church; and sothey came to be called Protestants. Henry the Eighthdid not at first go so far as to wish to change the doctrinesof the church. Indeed he persecuted the followers ofWycliffe, and put some of them to death for heresy. The first step taken by the king and his advisers was toprocure an act of Parliament which fixed the succession tothe crown. Oueen Kalherine had borne to the ^ The suc- king a daughter, Mary; and Queen Anne Boleyn cession to had also now borne another daughter, of these princesses afterwards reigned, the latter glo-riously
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