Were the Puritans or Roman Catholics a Greater Threat to James the First between 1603 and 1606? How successfully had he dealt with them by 1606?

... Were the Puritans or Roman Catholics a Greater Threat to James the First between 1603 and 1606? How successfully had he dealt with them by 1606? In the period of James' reign religion formed a very crucial role in almost everybody's life. Religion was so important because it was thought that it determined whether a person's soul would go to heaven or not. The Church of England had been established by a number of acts of Parliament at the start of Elizabeth the first's reign after the upheavals of the mid sixteenth century under Edward and Mary. The Church of England contained elements of deliberate ambiguity. For example, the services were Protestant but they could have a Catholic meaning to them if people wished so. This worked well in short term and people liked this new church but there were extreme Catholics and Protestants who wanted a change. When James came

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