Supreme Head of the Church of England church's assets in England and declared the Church of England as the established church with himself as its head. Henry's daughter, Queen Mary I, a staunch Catholic, attempted to restore the English church's allegiance to the Pope and repealed the Act of Supremacy in 1555. Her half-sister, the Protestant Elizabeth I, took the throne in 1558 and the next year, Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy of 1559 that restored the original act. The new Oath of Supremacy that nobles were required to swear gave the Queen's title as "Supreme Governor" of the church rather than "Supreme Head", to avoid
Church of the Highest Supreme other primarily urban religious movements were seen as alien teachings by village populations, and many were happy to see them eradicated. The Church of the Highest Supreme and other localised religions were never labeled "reactionary" like Yiguandao, that would have necessitated their eradication. As they were never antagonistic to the new state, and their members fought against the Japanese occupation, the communists were careful not to undermine this base of support. During the years when public religious activities were forbidden as backward thinking and the climate became tense for folk religious sects, the Church of the Highest Supreme and the