“‘In 1630-42, when he governed without calling a parliament, King Charles I multiplied his enemies by imposing irritating financial exactions upon various classes of the community, using prerogative powers exercised by the king in centuries past. He demanded “ship money” from the towns, fined country gentlemen (including Cromwell) for refusing to accept knighthood, raised “forced loans,” and increased customs duties. He did all this because he had no right to levy fresh taxes without the consent of Parliament; indeed, his broad aim was to secure the financial independence of the monarchy, and to fasten uniformity upon the Church. Thus the king antagonized the Puritan reformers as well as many of the country gentry and townspeople. In 1638 he became involved in a war against his Scottish subjects (he was hereditary king of Scotland as well as of England) when he tried to force upon them a prayer book similar to that in use in the English Church. They rebelled, and he was compelled to call a parliament at Westminster to ask for money to pursue the war. The accumulation of grievances against the king over eleven years made the leaders of the House of Commons aggressive and uncooperative. Cromwell at once showed himself to be a staunch Puritan, and as such gave steady support to the critics of church and government.’”
DIRECT LIFT.
DIRECT FAIL! Nowhere does it say anything about forcing Catholicism on the Scottish Puritans. Charles I is an Anglican saint, not a Catholic saint. He was a Royalist and believed that kings ruled by Divine Right. He attempted to impose an Anglican style church on the Scottish Puritans, in which the crown would approve the appointment of the Bishops as opposed to the presbytery of the Puritans. The opposition to this was called the Bishop Wars. Too often Protestants believe that there was peace and harmony between all children of the Reformation, but this was never the case, particularly where there were Calvinists involved. Historically, Calvinists get along with other denominations only slightly better than Muslims.
As I stated earlier you are entitled to your own religion and your own opinion, but your apparent hatred of the Catholic Church doesn't allow you to change history to fit your preconceived notions.