Ahhh, the 1500’s. That was about the time of all the peasant revolts to feudalism. (Monarchies & Catholic Church)
Abuses? Yes.
Persecution? Yes
Consequences? Ahhh Yes.
It was early but eventually all that Divine Right of Kings BS eventually ran it’s course.
Where do you think the idea of disestablishment of a State Religion came from?
And as amazing as it seems, there are still those who are convinced that Monarchies are an acceptable form of government. (The Founders of this Nation would disagree with that)
I have read that “in the 16th century a man who did not drink to excess, curse, abuse his workmen or family could be suspected of being an Baptist (several flavors) and therefore persecuted”
If you think that the pope was in favor of the divine right of kings, think again. It was Henry VIII and the rest of the Tudors, who despoiled the Church, and killed dissidents right and left, whether Jesuits or Baptists. Indeed, it was the jesuits who favored tyrannicide, and Guy Fawkes, who took steps to blow up king, bishops, and Lords altogether.