Which of these statements best describes the role Elizabeth I played during the English Reformation?(1 point)

Responses

She restored Catholicism as England's official state religion after executing a large number of Protestant opponents.
She restored Catholicism as England's official state religion after executing a large number of Protestant opponents.

She established the Protestant Church of England after breaking with the Catholic Church.
She established the Protestant Church of England after breaking with the Catholic Church.

She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Catholicism as England’s official state religion.
She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Catholicism as England’s official state religion.

She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Protestantism as England's official state religion.

1 answer

The statement that best describes the role Elizabeth I played during the English Reformation is:

She offered compromises to Protestants and Catholics while keeping Protestantism as England's official state religion.

Elizabeth I's approach, often referred to as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, aimed to create a middle ground between Protestantism and Catholicism, with the Church of England established as a Protestant state church while allowing some degree of Catholic practices.