The purpose of this act is to prevent the Bourbon king of France from obtaining control of the English government.
Is? Who is the current king of France?
I figured it was the Bourbon King of Spain they were worried about. Oh, wait, there really is a Bourbon King of Spain. My bad. :-0
There are no Bourbon kings any more...
The next King of France will bear the title of "Sultan" or "Ayatollah."
Henry VIII created the church so he could rule on his marriages, as he went through all them wihtout bothering with the Pope. Protestantism in a purer form was reinforced during the reign of his son Edward VI and during the reign of Mary “Bloody” Tudor there was a reestablishment of Catholicism, but, after the burnings the nation balked at it and Elizabeth I permanently restored Protestantism as it had been meant ot be under her father, one of religious and political compromise. It was done because back then, being a Catholic meant using legal means to enforce the established religion and also meant being able to burn people alive for the slightest lack fo deference to the Host. It hasn’t made anyone happy, as it made both Catholics and Protestants unhappy since it was basically a religious balancing act. It was after the Restoration (reign of Charles the Second) that the Stuarts were suspected of being closet Catholics and James II was tossed off because of his Catholicism and William of Orange and Mary (daughter of James II interestingly) were instated by Parliament in the “Glorious Revolution.” Then an act was created banning Catholics from the Throne permanently and anyone who married a Catholic became banned from the succession. These days, it’s more likely that a Muslim will end up burning people alive for heresy instead of a Catholic. The Church of England was created initially so a monarch could have full say in who was and wasn’t legally married and which heirs were and weren’t legitimate. Then it just became a church for Protestants and a means of declaring and enforcing England’s independence from Papal interference. It has had nothing to do with teh French monarchs claiming the British throne. It was created for the convenience of Henry VIII when he was ruling on all of his marriages and the legal status of his children.