Anglican Church: Reformation, Part Six (1455- 1603 AD)

I. CONSIDERING THE HISTORICAL FACTS & FACTORS

A. Historical Background

• 1. War of the Roses (1455-1487)
     --- a. House of York
     --- b. House of Tudor
• 2. William Tyndale (1494-1536)
     B. Henry VIII
• 1. sinful life (1491-1547)
• 2. six wives
     --- a. Catherine of Aragon (m.1509-1533)
     ----- i. child, Mary (1516-1558)
     ----- ii. marriage annulled, citing Lev 20:21
     --- b. Anne Boleyn (m.1533-1536)
     ----- i. child, Elizabeth (1533-1603)
     ----- ii. marriage annulled; Boleyn executed for adultery & incest
     --- c. Jane Seymour (m.1536-1537)
     ----- i. child, Edward (1537-1553)
     ----- ii. died of infection 12 days after childbirth
     --- d. Anne of Cleves (m.1540-1540)
     ----- i. marriage annulled without consummation
     --- e. Catherine Howard (m.1540-1542)
     ----- i. marriage annulled; executed for adultery
     --- f. Catherine Parr (m.1543-1547)
     ----- i. dowager queen until marriage to Thomas Seymour
     ----- ii. died of "childbirth" fever shortly after giving birth to Mary Seymour
     C. Historical Impact
• 1. Edward VI (r.1547-1553)
• 2. Mary I (r.1553-1558)
• 3. Elizabeth I (r.1558-1603)

II. CHALLENGED BY HISTORY'S DISTINCT LESSONS

A. Perspectives for their Times

• 1. Church of England, essential founding, 1533
     --- a. Elizabeth I firmly establishing monarch as head of church, 1560
• 2. Conviction for Further Reform, 1562 (Puritans)
     --- a. English Presbyterians (Richard Baxter)
     --- b. English Congregationalists (John Owen)
     --- c. English Baptists (John Bunyan)
     B. Perspectives for Our Times
• 1. we serve a sovereign God, Rev 19:16
     --- a. trust in Christ
     --- b. hope in Christ
     --- c. rejoice in Christ