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Why not? That's when the split between Protestants and Catholics happened.
By similar reasoning you can blame it on Jesus. And the Norman invasion. Etc. etc.
When you have a particular situation arising out of long and complicated history, pointing to one small piece and saying "Ah, that's the cause" is disingenuous.
Because if a split results in a socio-economic setup that is conflict-generating in itself, it is a more immediate cause. I mean in a long chain of causes which one one should take the blame? Cosmic constants? :-)