How did Henry VIII impact the reformation?

Answer 1

In 1534 Henry the VIII formally initiated the Protestant Reformation.

In the short run, The English Reformation allowed Henry VIII to achieve his political goal of controlling the church. In the long run, however, the Reformation brought to England the political and religious turmoil that Henry had hoped to avoid.

Answer 2

England was Catholic at the time Henry VIII ascended the throne. He married Katherine of Aragon from Spain (a devout Catholic from the most powerful Catholic Country in the world). Katherine bore him only a daughter, Mary Tudor (Mary I), and then suffered a series of miscarriages and still-births. Henry III wanted to divorce her and remarry so that he might have an heir to the throne (females had not yet sat on the English throne). The Catholic Church opposed divorce and would not give Henry permission to divorce. He therefore banished the Catholic Church from England, and he himself became head of the English Church (Anglican).

Answer 3

The English king henry VIII decided to separate his nation from the catholic church after the pope refused to permit him to divorce his wife. henry established the church of England, also called the Anglican church. The church of England kept most catholic beliefs, but rejected the power of the pope. English reformer William Tyndale believed the Anglican church should reject all catholic beliefs and practices. In England people debated whether to keep most catholic beliefs or adopt more protestant reforms.

Answer 4

Henry didn't break from the Catholic Church at all, he remained a Catholic all his life.

He fell out with the Bishop of Rome for telling the Bishop that he was breaking the Church rules!

Roman Catholic AnswerThe effects were dreadful. Many martyrs were created. Henry dissolved monasteries, confiscated Church property and tortured and killed all those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and the Sacrifice of the Mass. He martyred priests, monks, nuns, and lay people. The effects were long lasting as the children of those heretics who deserted the Church to follow the crown were denied the sacraments, and many have been raised in the Church of England with no real knowledge of their historic faith.