Heard of King James version of the Bible?
Know of its origins in this thread.

In 382 CE, Jerome was commissioned to translate the old and archaic Latin versions of the bibles into everyday Latin. This was the Vulgate. Even then only the educated elite & priests could read it.

They acted like mediators between believers and the Christian god, reading and interpreting it for the common people.

Now we know how and why so many interpretations arose out of each verse. This gave them scope to corruption within the church. This went on till the 1500s.

By the time King James came to the throne of England, 1603, the religious scene in England was volatile. Protestantism had been invented by this time.
50 yrs before that, Elizabeth I’s half-sister, Mary I, a treacherous Catholic, executed 250 Protestants during her short rule.

As the queen of England Elizabeth I, recognized only the Anglican Church of her father Henry VIII, as the only legitimate brand of Christianity. Everyone was required to attend the Church of England - and ONLY that church - every week.

If the ruler of England were Protestant all people in the kingdom were required to follow the Protestant beliefs and church services were to be conduced the Protestant way. If the ruler were Catholic, everyone in the kingdom was required to practice the Catholic faith and rituals