He was passionately opposed to the Catholic Church, which he saw as denying the primacy of the Bible in favour of papal and clerical authority, and which he blamed for suspected tyranny and persecution of Protestants in continental Europe.
Opúñase apaixonadamente á Igrexa católica, da que consideraba que negaba a primacía da Biblia en favor da autoridade clerical e papal, e á que culpaba da tiranización e persecución dos protestantes en Europa.