Did Henry VIII break with Rome because of religion?

Answer 1

Yes that is one of the reasons that Henry the VIII broke with Rome here are some other answers Why did Henry VIII break from Rome? Some people in England and Europe were starting to become unhappy with the Catholic Church and wanted it to change. Martin Luther, a German reformer, had published an argument that criticised the Pope of tyranny throughout Europe, causing the German reform and although Henry had criticised Luther's arguments, English scholars saw them as valid and believed the Catholic governmnet to be curropt. Henry VIII believed that he needed a son to make sure that the Tudor dynasty survived. Although he had a son while married to Catherine, it was illigitamate - i.e. born out of wedlock - as he had an affair with Elizabeth Blount. The son, Henry Fitzroy, was made the duke of Richmond at the age of 4 - Henry tried to make him heir to the throne outside the traditional methods. However, Fitzroy died from the sweating sickness at the age of 5. Henry's wife Catherine of Aragon had had a number of miscarriages and it was clear that she was becoming too old to have another child. Henry had been married to her for over fifteen years and that Henry had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn and needed the Pope to grant him a divorce from Catherine so that he could marry Anne. Anne was very young whereas Catrherine was old - a marriage with Anne would enable him to have a son. Henry wanted to control the Church to make himself more powerful. The Church controlled two thirds of English Wealth and was highly influencial. Some people followed the church rather than the king. Henry needed money to become more powerful in Europe. The Church had lots of money. The Pope would not give Henry a divorce as he believed it not violate the laws of God since the divine laws (influenced by the natural laws) had justified the act of a man marrying his brother's wife if the marriage had not been consumated. Catherine's nephew, the Emperor Charles V, captured Rome and put pressure on the Pope not to let Henry divorce Catherine. This had frustrated Henry. The Pope continued to refuse the divorce as Charles would not allow his family to be dishonoured by this. Henry felt that the only way the Pope would take this seriuosly was to place him under pressure - hence the fall of Wolsey and the final Act of Supremacy. Henry wanted a son to prevent a civil war breaking out in England after his death. Anne Boleyn and her family and supporters were interested in changing the Catholic Church. Henry believed that he had broken God's law by marrying Catherine of Aragon, his brother's widow. This argument was the basis of Henry's justification to divorce, where it floated the laws of Leviticus. This argument was presented by Wolsey to Bishop Fisher, but the laws of Deutoronomy had been upheld and that divorce would not be granted.

Answer 2

Because he wanted to marry Anne and the pope wouldent let himyes.but one of the main reasons was because he wanted a heir to the throne and this was a son.mary could not rule the country because her dad would not let her and they wanted a boy to be the heir to the throne.

Answer 3

It is not true to say that faith had nothing to do with the English break from the Catholic church. Though Henry VIII used extreme measures to destroy the Catholic church in England he could not have done so with a measure of popular support for the ideas of the Protestant reformation.

Just as in Germany there was extreme dissatisfaction with the corruption which, at that time, was rife within the Catholic church. There was great dissatisfaction with the huge power and wealth that the monasteries enjoyed contrasted with Christian teachings that wealth and love of money was sinful. Monks in particular were noted for both their gluttony at a time when many were starving and their less that christian behavior ( some monasteries even had brothels ).
All this flew in the face of what an increasingly literate population had been told about the founding tenants of Christianity.

Henry VIII may have been the driving force but he was breaking from Rome amid a general feeling in many parts of Europe that the Catholic church had become hopelessly corrupt and that a split would allow for a "purer" church to develop purged of the excesses of Rome.

Answer 4

He thought the Pope had too much power and try to tell HIM what to do as far as his divorce was concerned.

Answer 5

Many People believed that the Roman Catholic Chruch was corrupt and that the monks were greedy and sinful.

Answer 6

he was jealous of the pope having more power than him and he wanted people to stop being loyal to the pope

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