The season of Reformation in England was about to come to a grinding halt.

For Mary, Protestantism wasn't just a heresy, it was the reason for all her woes.

And as quickly as she could, as soon as she was queen, Mary returned England to Roman Catholicism.

Bibles were removed from churches.

Klurgy was separated from their wives.

Quite simply, the national clock was turned back 20 years.

It was as if for Mary the whole distasteful episode of the Reformation had never happened.

After so much progress had been made, it would be easy to be discouraged during the reign of Queen Mary.

After all, hundreds would die and should be known as bloody Mary.

Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham and thank you for joining us today on Renewing Your Mind.

Despite Queen Mary's fears and violent opposition to the truth,

the Lord was still on his throne.

As will he today from Michael Reeves, even though the national clock may have been turned back 20 years,

the Lord had other plans for the spread of the gospel throughout England.

Here's Dr Reeves.

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Well, we're going to move on from looking at Henry VIII now, keeping with a big picture.

I move on to see what happened next in the reigns of his son, Edward, and his elder daughter, Mary.

Now, Henry had left the education of his younger two children, Prince Edward and Princess Elizabeth

to Catherine Pa, his last wife. By this time, Mary had grown up. She was about 30 years old

this stage and so she wasn't educated along with Edward and Elizabeth, but Edward and Elizabeth,

for them, the finest tutors in the land were found, who by this stage happened to be rather

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