Edward VI and Mary I
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
After the hopeful reign of King Edward VI, Mary I took the throne of England and violently returned the kingdom to Roman Catholicism. Today, Michael Reeves details why she would come to be known as “Bloody Mary.”
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
Michael Reeves is president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | The season of Reformation in England was about to come to a grinding halt. |
| 0:05.5 | For Mary, Protestantism wasn't just a heresy. It was the reason for all her woes. |
| 0:11.8 | And as quickly as she could, as soon as she was queen, Mary returned England to Roman Catholicism. |
| 0:17.7 | Bibles were removed from churches. Clergy were separated from their wives. Quite simply, the |
| 0:23.6 | national clock was turned back 20 years. It was as if, for Mary, the whole distasteful episode |
| 0:30.6 | of the Reformation had never happened. |
| 0:36.6 | After so much progress had been made, it would be easy to be discouraged during the reign of Queen Mary. |
| 0:45.5 | After all, hundreds would die and should be known as Bloody Mary. |
| 0:50.8 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and thanks for joining us for this Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:57.5 | On Saturdays, you're hearing messages from Michael Reeves' series on the English Reformation and the Puritans. |
| 1:04.4 | It's a colorful and dramatic history, so I'm sure you'll want to hear the whole story. |
| 1:09.7 | Request the complete series on DVD when you donate today at Renewing Your Mind.org |
| 1:15.3 | in support of this daily outreach, and we'll send it to you as our way of saying thank you. |
| 1:21.5 | Well, despite Queen Mary's fierce and violent opposition to the truth, |
| 1:26.2 | the Lord was still on his throne. |
| 1:28.5 | As we'll hear today from Michael Reeves, even though the national clock may have been turned |
| 1:33.1 | back 20 years, the Lord had other plans for the spread of the gospel throughout England. |
| 1:39.5 | Here's Dr. Reeves. Well, we're going to move on from looking at Henry the 8th now, keeping with the big picture, |
| 1:50.0 | and move on to see what happened next in the reigns of his son, Edward, and his elder |
| 1:56.9 | daughter, Mary. |
| 2:00.0 | Now, Henry had left the education of his younger two children, |
| 2:06.6 | Prince Edward and Princess Elizabeth, to Catherine Parr, his last wife. By this time, Mary |
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