He was given the title: Supreme Head of the Church of England. He was the head of his realm and in a sense owned all.
He made is own church and his own rules and made his own church which is known as the church of England!
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This is quite complex. Henry VIII was born Catholif, and arguably died Catholic. He created the church of England for reasons involving divorce, dissokution of the monasteries and to control taxes raised through church.
Roman Catholic AnswerKing Henry VIII of England made no changes to the Catholic Church, he left the Church and established his own church in England: the Church of England. You got to be kidding. Henry the 8th razed all the monastaries and confiscated all the riches therein to fatten his coffers to finance his many wars.. He declared the Catholic religion to be outlawed and anybody who was caught practising was punished in ways we now think of as a sort of genocide. The whole of England practised what Henry said or you died. PERIOD
He separated England from the Roman Catholic church and formed the Church of England - one where he was the head figure of the church, thus he was allowed to make his own rules.
When King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church he designed it so that the king would be the leader of the Church of England. So he was the ruler of the church.Roman Catholic AnswerThe sole ruler, on earth, of the Church in England has always been the Pope, the Vicar of Christ. When Henry VIII broke from the Church, he created his own "church" making himself head of the Church of England. Big difference. The Church inEngland, is just the English branch of the worldwide Catholic Church. The Church of England is a protestant church founded by Henry VIII and parliament.
King Henry VIII separated the Church in England from the control of the Pope, although he initially did not intend to start an entirely separate Protestant faith. By the time of Queen Elizabeth, the split was permanent and the Church of England was a reality.
The Roman Catholic Church to head up his own church today known as the Anglican Church or more commonly: The Church of England.
henry started his own church in 1534
In a nutshell: Henry formed his own Church, the Church of England, and declared himself the head. He then granted himself a divorce. The pope then excommunicated Henry.
Henry VIII. The Pope refused, so Henry made his own Church; the Church of England, and made himself the leader of it, allowing him to annul marriages whenever he liked. This eventually led to the Reformation in England
Henry became the head of the church of england when the pope would not let him divorce is 2nd wife anne boylen. He started his own church instead so that he could ivorce her. i hope this hepls :-)