Hyper-Protestant England (and probably Wales too)

Back when I was a believer in Holy Mother Rome, I mocked Anglicans as "Catholic Lite" believers.

Now as one of those smug internet atheists you hear about, I still very much believe that. The Anglican Church very much does seem to be as an outsider to be a place for Catholics who don't like the Catholic Church, but still enjoy the ceremonial trappings of Mass.

But spending time on these boards, I wonder what would have happened in an alternate history where the powers that be in England took a less compromising approach to questions of the Eucharist, Worship, and Governance of the Church. What would the English Church have looked like had the dice rolled differently? What if Elizabeth had married and popped out a little German Lutheran to bully parliament? Or if a successful Franco-Scottish counter-reformation sent the ultra-Calvinists of the Scottish Lowlands to an alternate surviving Edward VI's court?

Would we see the Bible translated into Welsh, Cornish, and Irish Gaelic so that very localized Church councils (with London's approval, of course) could bring the Word of God to the masses in a tongue they understood (insert Brummie joke here)?

Would we see "jollie olde England" completely overwritten by dour Puritans, who sought to close the covenants and monasteries to bring their austere existence to everyone?

Might we even see more radical turns of Christianity, with Lutheran Swedes and Calvinist Dutchmen standing aghast with Rome as England adopts the heresies of Servetus and other more out there reformers?

Any thoughts and comments are welcome. But be warned that any thoughts and comments deemed too "out there" might result in the burning of the person expressing them.
 
first of all a lot of the "Catholicism" of Anglicanism comes from Laud and the Oxford Movement, in terms of theology and practice the church of the 1610's was fairly Lutheran. So one route would be to to switch he direction of travel post 1610 and have the Church of England become gradually more and more distinct from Catholicism. Alternatively if you want full bore Calvinism I think all you need is a longer living Edward VI, all the signs suggest his personal inclinations were for a much more thorough Reform and without the turmoil of Queen Mary and the weakness of Elizabeth's early years he would have the political and practical authority to get his way.
 
Depends when you have your POD.
A very simplified summary:
Henry's Church was Acephalic or caesaropapist Catholic.
Mary's Church was (sometimes hyper) Roman Catholic.
Edward's Church was Calvinist.
Elizabeth's Church was whatever was politically practical.
James's Church was Lutheran - though there was national differences between High Church (sort of Lutheran-Catholic) and Low Church (Presby-Lutheran).
Charles's Church rode the waves of popular and royal opinion as various Protestant groups exploded.
Post W3K the Established Church was simply Not Puritan.
 
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