History quiz

Exercises on Anglicanism

question 1

(FCC-SP) The Act of Supremacy, enacted by Henry VIII in England, contributed to:

  1. intensively disseminate Calvinist doctrine in the country, especially in the region of Scotland.
  2. initiate external expansion, thus forming the foundations of the English colonial empire.
  3. promote Anglican reform while contributing to the centralization of government.
  4. implant Catholicism in the kingdom, which was accompanied by repression of reformists.
  5. restoring the old feudal rights, which were limited by the Magna Carta of 1215.
question 2

(Fatec-SP) Henry VIII, Luther and Calvin were figures of the Protestant Reformation. Indicate the alternative linked, respectively, to their names:

  1. 95 Theses Against the Sale of Indulgences, Institutions of the Christian Religion and Doctrine of Justification by Faith.
  2. Doctrine of Absolute Predestination, creation of the Independent Anglican Church and the Peace of Augsburg.
  3. Council of Trent, Sale of Indulgence and Index.
  4. Creation of the Independent Anglican Church, 95 Theses Against the Sale of Indulgences and the Doctrine of Absolute Predestination.
  5. Edict of Nantes, Peace of Augsburg and Peace of Kappel.
question 3

The Act of Supremacy issued by the English Parliament in 1534 made the king the supreme head of the Church. Despite his eminently political character, Henry VIII used a personal argument to break with the Catholic Church and that was related:

  1. his attempt to divorce and thus find a new wife who could give him a male heir.
  2. his willingness to marry his daughter to a German Lutheran prince.
  3. to his interest in annexing the lands of the Holy Roman Empire.
  4. their opposition to the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences.
question 4

Regarding the characteristics of Anglicanism, mark which of the alternatives below presents an incorrect statement.

  1. The ecclesiastical hierarchical structure was maintained in a similar way to the Catholic one.
  2. Maintenance of Independence from the Church of Rome.
  3. The monarch was the supreme head of the Church.
  4. Creation of religious rules resulting from the mixture of Anglicanism and Calvinism.
  5. Ownership of land, which was previously owned by the Catholic Church, remained in the hands of the Anglican Church.
answers Question 1

Letter C. With the Anglican Reformation, Henry VIII became supreme head of the Church in England and confiscated Church lands, which were sold to people who formed a support base for the king.

question 2

Letter D. Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church and created the Anglican Church in 1534; Luther also broke with the Church when he posted the 95 Theses in Wittenberg Cathedral; and John Calvin developed the necessary religious foundations for capitalism.

question 3

Letter A. After the denial of the attempt to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church, confiscating all his possessions.

question 4

Letter E. The lands that belonged to the Catholic Church were sold to noble merchants and landowners, causing many monasteries to cease to exist.