When Pope Clement refused because Pope Julius II had granted King Henry VIII dispensation to marry Catherine in the first place, Henry contemplated splitting from the church solely to fulfill his matrimonial plans. ... By now the people and Parliament had gain so much power that once her reign ended, Elizabeth acceded to a troubled throne surrounded by angry people. ... This caused Elizabeth to establish a new and improved Protestant church ruling through the Elizabethan Injunctions6. As the last Tudor, Elizabeth re-established the church her father started to create and further put her input...

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