He did not establish the Roman Catholic Church. He established the Church of England. He wanted to be both head of state and of the Church. The pope, the head of the Catholic church had a lot of power and influence, and he wanted that power Also, he wanted a annulment of his marriage that the pope wouldn't give him. So he made a new church.
The Roman Catholic church
Henry the VIII was a good roman catholic but he then turned into a protestant (church of England.
The Roman Catholic Church.
Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534, and established the Church of England.
King Henry VIII
Church of England
Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and founded the Church of England.
It was Henry VIII who pulled England out from under the authority of the Roman Catholic church and the Pope, and established the Church of England under the headship of the King. He did this because the Roman Catholic Church would not allow him a divorce.
First of all, there is no "Roman Catholic Church", that is a slur, in English, from after the protestant revolt, to refer to the Catholic Church. Secondly, Thomas Cromwell was tried by Henry VIII on charges of heresy and treason, and executed by King Henry VIII, himself a heretic, and an apostate from the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church had nothing to do with Thomas Cromwell.
Henry left the Roman Catholic Church when the Pope refused to grant him an annulment from one of his marriages.
Roman Catholic AnswerHenry VIII did not break with the Catholic Church for money.
The Roman Catholic Church probably caused it through its opposition to Henry's wishes, and the monasteries suffered from it.