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Protestantism in the United Kingdom

Protestantism in the United Kingdom

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Protestantism (part of Christianity) is the largest denomination of Christianity religious demographic in the United Kingdom, and is made up of the Anglican (Church of England, Church of Scotland) and nonconformist (Methodism, Free Church, Baptist, Quakers, etc) branches of the Christian Church. Before Protestantism reached England, the Roman Catholic Church was the established state church. Scotland, Wales and Ireland were also closely tied to Roman Catholicism. During the 16th century, the English Reformation and the Scottish Reformation in differing ways resulted in both countries becoming Protestant while the Reformation in Ireland did not enjoy the same degree of popular support. Protestantism influenced many of England's monarchs in the 16th and 17th centuries, including Henry VIII, Edward VI, Elizabeth I and James I. Persecution was frequent for followers whose faith differed from that of the reigning monarch and violence and death was commonplace for the first 100 years of the Reformation...

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