There was tension between catholics and protestants in Renaissance/ Elizabeth England?

From the early sixteenth centrury Protestantism and Catholicism had never managed to gain supremecy in England. The name 'Protestant' derives from Martin Luthers protest in 1529 at the Catholic Church's opposition to the reformation; Protestant churches rejecting the authority of the Pope. At the time Dr Faustus was written, Catholicism had been banned in England as Queen Elizabeth I succeeded her half sister Mary after her death in 1558. In books, pamphlets and speeches, the pope was refered to as 'Antichrist' and the catholic church was refered to as the 'Whore of babylon'. Various laws and taxes were instituted during Elizabeths reign in an attempt to re-educate the public. War with Catholic Spain and intestified the hostility towards Catholicism. Links previously made with the Pope had been stained. By 1670 Pope Pius was gathering Catholics and asking them to overthrow Elizabeth.