“Mary was the closest Catholic claimant to the English throne and Elizabeth knew some of her subjects were not above hoping she could be deposed and Mary made queen of both Scotland and England” (English history, 6). Because she was Catholic, Mary, had many Catholic followers, who wanted her on the throne of England instead of Elizabeth I. “In fact, Mary had been a tolerant leader in Scottish religious matters. But such was the extreme religious upheaval of the time, that tolerance was a sign of weakness” (Scotlass, 1). Therefore, the pressure from her followers led Mary to make decision to plot against Elizabeth, during her capture and imprisonment against her will.
Due to her experiences involving Mary, Elizabeth became known as a firm and fair Protestant ruler who also became cautious in terms of foreign affairs. Combined, it is believed that these factors contributed to the strength in Elizabeth I’s authority such that her reign provided much-needed stability to England. Firm but Fair Protestant
One would expect a worker of Elizabeth’s to support her, as they have known her for a long time and are supposed to treat her with respect. In a treatise written in 1602, William Clowes, Elizabeth’s personal surgeon, discusses the fact that everyone should pray to God that Elizabeth lives a long, healthy life. This viewpoint is also not surprising, based on the fact that Clowes is a personal worker of the Queen’s. Before and during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, many people turned to religion either to explain how women could
The main reason for Henry's failure in obtaining an annulment was mainly due to the opposition of Katherine of Aragon, this is what is suggested in Source 4 as it strongly suggests that she was the cause of the failure. The source portrays Katherine as determined and will not give up until she gets what she wants "Henry's bullying only increased her determination". It was not only Henry who was pleading her to give up on here intentions to stay married to him, Cardinal Campeggio suggested that she became a nun meaning she would be married to the Church and then their marriage wold be claimed as invalid, but Catherine opposed the suggestion as that would meant she would lose her power as Queen and loose contact with her daughter Mary. Henry was dependant on the Bible passage Leviticus to attempt to prove their marriage was invalid. In Leviticus it states that if you marry your brother’s wife you shall remain childless.
Question 1: Anne Hutchinson was a threat to Puritan society in a combination of ways that other dissenters were not, which is the reason she was banished. The Puritan society in Massachusetts was established not so that people can exercise freedom of religion, but only so the Puritans can freely exercise their religion. These were a very intolerant people of any one else’s religious belief; and, their leaders did everything possible to keep other religions from prospering. Their main belief was that the entire community had to follow God’s laws as interpreted by their leaders and if they did then God would reward them. However, if the entire community did not follow God’s laws then the entire community would be punished.
John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Giles Cory, are among the few characters in the play that pass their tests. Abigail Williams, on the other hand, is one of the characters who fails her test. The town of which they live in, Salem Massachusetts is corrupted by lies and manipulations. The distinction between the truth and lies and between good and bad was fogged up but the manipulation and fear of public opinion. The town of Salem is deeply religious and is willing to believe the world of deceitful young women rather than in the integrity of truthful beings.
Ehrman tries to make the case that the Bible is not reliable because Paul contradicts himself in the role of women in the church, and thus concludes that one of the books is not actually written by Paul but is actually a scribal addition. If the Bible is inerrant and trustworthy, then if Paul did not write what he is said to have written, then how can we trust the rest of the Bible? This verse, 1 Corinthians 14:33, which talks about women keeping silent in church, “has led some scholars to surmise that the verses were not written by Paul but originated as a kind of marginal note added by a scribe, possibly under the influence of 1 Timothy
This female genderization of God is the primary reason their books were excluded from the New Testament. Those who were in power during this time wanted to ensure that the word of God matched the social values that they believed in. Ever since the story of Adam and Eve women have taken on somewhat of an untrustworthy reputation. Early Jewish texts describe women as the deceiver of man,
Fadl further illuminates the dangers of such misunderstanding and an absence of historical understanding and context in which a passage is written through the examination of the passage “fight those among the People of the Book who do not believe in God or the Hereafter, who do not forbid what God and His Prophet have forbidden, and who do not acknowledge the religion of truth- fight them until they pay the poll tax with willing submission and feel themselves subdued” (13). Fadl discusses the reference of the poll tax, pointing out that it was common inside and outside of Arabia to levy poll taxes against alien groups. Classical Muslim jurists then argued that the poll tax is money collected by the Islamic polity from non-Muslims in return for the
Even though the ideas about gender at the time greatly influenced Queen Elizabeth I’s rule, she brought much success and political stability to the nation of England during her rule. During Elizabeth’s reign, religious peoples leaned towards the view that women shouldn’t be ruling. She responded to these thoughts by showing her anger and expressing how much strong leadership she possessed. Throughout Elizabeth’s rule in England, she faced much opposition from the church. John Knox, a Scottish religious reformer, explores the idea that women are utterly forbidden to occupy the place of God in religious offices.