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Anne Boleyn : How She Affected The Protestant Reformation

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Anne Boleyn: How She Affected the Protestant Reformation What was the Protestant Reformation? Put into its simplest form, it was the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church; changing the religious beliefs and practices forever. Many people throughout history contributed to this famous movement, but not all of these people get the recognition they deserve, for example, Anne Boleyn. She was the queen of England from 1533 to 1536, becoming queen by marrying King Henry VIII. She brought new reformist ideas to the table, saved those being persecuted, and, with her dying words, provided an example of the one thing Christians everywhere should live by: love. Although her modern and unique views might have been looked down upon during the time of her reign, Christians today can view her as role model and a martyr. So what exactly did she do to further along the Protestant Reformation? While Queen, she used her influential role to openly interrogate the Roman Church about many of its practices. One of the practices that didn’t sit well with her was how the church didn’t read the Bible in their own language. At the time, Bibles were only available in Hebrew or Greek, so the Catholic Church didn’t have access to an English Bible. Anne’s friendship with William Tyndale, a Biblical translator, changed this. She enjoyed Tyndale’s writings so much, that she met with him and convinced him to translate the Bible into English, so that those in the Catholic Church could have full knowledge

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