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The main reason was that he wanted to take power from the catholic church due to the pope denying him a divorce from Catherine of Aragon Also the looting of churches and monasteries helped bolster the royal coffers Interestingly if you look at protestant nations as opposed to Catholic nations the former have been the more prosperous since the reformation so it was probably the right decision but made for far more personal reasons
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe king wanted a divorce. The mother church in Rome would not grant it. The king did not agree with this, broke away to begin what became the Church of England, a state Church, as was the Roman Church
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Protestantism only became established after a brutal War of religion in 1646 and it lasted till 1660 when the Anglican Church was brought back by demand!
The Church in England was the distillation of some 1500 hundred years of catholicity in England! it was never anything but Catholic. Further, Rome was not the mother church! Where Christianity came from was always thought to be from the East! In that Dorotheus , Archbishop of Tyre in 303 Ad, wrote that S. Simon Zelotes, the Brother of Christ was responsible for bringing the faith in to this country. Many people thought it was brought by the agency of S. Joseph of Arimathea? Queen Elizabeth laughed at her apostate bishops when they put forward the idea of Rome's authority pointing out they wouldn't have said that to her father and that S.Joseph was thought the traditional source.
Anywhere but Rome! as for the Church in England breaking away from Rome?
They simply pointed out that one bishop had no authority in another bishop's see!
Rome was going against the canons of three Ecumenical Councils, the Ancient Church in its fullness by doing so.
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∙ 13y agoBecause it's king didn't want to be "under" the pope and do what he said. It was mainly because of politics, not of religon. Because the King of England wanted to divorce and kill his wives. Both actions the Catholic Church told him he should not do.
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∙ 12y agoIn the reign of Elizabeth the first , she was a protestant and wanted everybody to be protestant instead of roman catholic like the queen before her , her half sister Mary was
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If Eliza is to be believed she was a Catholic, and rejected fully all Calvinist attempts to weaken the catholicity of the C.of E..
The Church in England didn't become more protestant, it was always the Body of Christ in England and no more, indeed in 1564 she refused to sign up to the Sectarian demands of the Council of Trent and preserved her apostolical faith and orders!
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∙ 11y agoHenry VIII never became 'Protestant' - despite his quarrel with the Pope and his removal of the English Church from Rome's jurisdiction, he remained a devout Catholic all his life.
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∙ 13y agoBecause the King of England wanted to divorce and kill his wives. Both actions the Catholic Church told him he should not do.
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∙ 12y agoking Henry got read of the catholic church and he became protestant so everyone else had to
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∙ 13y agoHenry VIII wanted his own way. Henry VIII wanted to be able to discard unusable women. Henry VIII didn't want other people telling him what he could do and especially what he couldn't.
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What was the first country in Europe to become Protestant?
England?
Can a non protestant become prime minister of England?
In theory, yes, but like in America it is uncertain whether a non-Protestant would be electable.
What was the change for christians when Henry 8th built the Church of England?
Every Catholic had to become a Protestant!
How did England become a more protestant under edwardVI?
it was something to do with his teachers because he was to young to become king he became king when he was 9
Why did England become a protestant country in the region of Edward vi?
edward was raised a protestant by his fathers radical protestant ministers, these ministers ran the country while edward was too young to rule.
Why did England and Spain go to war in 1560?
Because Spain and England wanted both to change religion. Spain wanted England to become Catholic, England wanted to change Spain to Protestant
Why ann Boleyn helped England become a protestant country?
because anne read the british newspaper article
What rites are performed in a protestant church compared to the Church of England?
The Church of England is a Protestant church.
Was James i a catholic or a protestant?
James I of England was Protestant not Catholic.
England became a Protestant country during the Reformation because?
Henry VIII wanted a divorce, but divorce was banned by the Catholic Church therefore Henry decided to appoint himself head of the Church of England so he could get a divorce. However, Henry did not become a Protestant and he continued to practice Catholicism until his death. The Reformation in England did not cause the country to become Protestant. It allowed dissenting ideas freer access to the population. The teachings of men like John Calvin became more common in England because the Church of England was not so directly linked to Rome.
How did Henry viii make England protestant?
Anglican Catholic Answer!Henry didn't of course turn England protestant or turn protestant himself.What Henry did, for whatever reason, was to query the right of the papacy to interfere in another bishop's see! Pointing out that whoever did so contravened the Canons of Nicea and broke the basic rules of the Church!To adhere to the rules of the Ecumenical Councils is not to become protestant, to abandon the teaching of the Church is to become a heretic! Henry abandoned no rules or teaching!
What are the religions of France and England?
catholic franc protestant england
