ve made it difficult for her at times. Extreme Protestants went so far as to accuse her being an atheist due to her slowly making changes to the England's church structure. Elizabeth thought that if she was to make slow and gradual changes to the church that people would not have such a difficult time converting to her style of religious beliefs. Once Elizabeth's changes were in place she assumed that Catholicism would die out naturally by the will of the people.
             Elizabeth's exact views of God, Protestantism, and Catholicism aren't entirely clear. The long and tedious sermons of Protestant preachers tended to annoy her. We can also, however, Elizabeth more likely than not also rejected the Catholic concept of transubstantiation for she was not particularly fond of having the priest of a service to be greatly elevated over the congregation. There were certain things about the Catholic Church that she did enjoy such as candles in the church and music. As for the appearance of the church she preferred a more conservative layout that more so resembled a Protestant church. One view that Elizabeth did share with Rome was that she believed members of the clergy were essentially married to God and the Church; hence she disagreed with members of the clergy entering into marriage. The best glimpse we have of Elizabeth and her religious beliefs are in letters she had written to her friends. In some her letters she would mention that she believed many of her shortcoming
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