What is the cause and effect of the Catholic Church releasing its control over European Society between 1450 and 1750?

The major causes for the Catholic Church releasing its hold over European society were the invention of the printing press, the spread of Lutheranism and other Protestant ideologies, and the public break from the Church by Henry VIII in his efforts to marry Anne Boleyn.
In 1439, German publisher Johannes Gutenberg created a movable type press, allowing for more efficient printing. I don't think I am alone in believing this single invention changed Western Civilization as much, if not more, than the Norman Conquest, French Revolution, and the American Revolution combined. Because movable type allowed for a more rapid printing process, with quicker turnaround, writers of the time could see their works spread farther and wider than previously imagined.
Just 44 years later, Martin Luther was born. When he was old enough, he was sent by his father to be educated by monks. He eventually became a priest, though was disturbed by some common practices of the Church, particularly the selling of indulgences. Indulgences enriched the Church by promising the buyer a straight ticket to heaven, bypassing purgatory. In October of 1517, spurred by a visit from a purveyor of indulgences, Martin Luther nailed his grievances with the Catholic Church to the church door. With the help of Gutenberg's invention from the previous century, Luther and other protestant thinkers, like John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingili, were able to galvanize individuals throughout all of Europe.
Henry VIII was already king of England by the time Luther published his grievances, though it would be another 20 years before Henry would begin to question the Catholic Church as sovereign. Due to their inability to produce a male heir, Henry desired to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn. Henry tried for many years to procure an annulment through the Holy See's channels, but the church found his marriage to Catherine legitimate and refused. Out of his growing frustration, Henry decided to break from Rome and made himself head of his own church, the Anglican church. He sent Catherine away and married Anne in 1532. Never before had a sitting monarch broken with the Church in such a public way.
These three seemingly disparate events were the foundation of the Age of Enlightenment, which further loosened the grip of the Catholic Church on Europeans. The Age of Enlightenment led to scientific discovery that flew in the face of church teachings, and fostered the philosophers whose writings spurred the French and American Revolutions.