Henry VIII caused the schism of the Church of England from the church of Rome. He did this because the Pope refused to declare Henry's marriage to Katherine of Aragon null and void. Henry wanted to marry Anne Boleyn in order to have a legitimate son.
Catholicism doesn't believe in divorce. When he asked the pope if he could get a divorce the pope said no so king Henry got mad and separated England from catholisim
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King Henry VIII of England, who split with Rome to found the Church of England.
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King Henry VIII of England
Philip II intended to force the King of England to renounce Protestantism and rejoin Catholicism.
The reformation in England came as a result of King Henry VIII of England. He wished to divorce his first wife because she did not produce a male heir for him. However, in order to receive a divorce under Catholicism at the time the Pope had to grant a dispensation, or a pardon for breaking a rule of Catholicism. The Pope refused to grant the dispensation and for that reason the king sought to break off the church in England from the Catholic Church. Therefore, he pressured Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy in 1534 which made king of England the head of the church in England. Because of this, the branch of Protestantism Anglicanism was created.
There are two Monarchs known for trying to return England to Catholicism, Queen Mary I, who did bring the Church of England back into the Catholic Church, and King James II & VII who opened talks with the Pope to bring the Church of England back into the Catholic Church before he was over thrown in the Glorious Revolution. Also John Henry Cardinal Newman converted to Catholicism in the nineteenth century and did a wonderful job of explaining Catholicism to Anglicans.
It was a reaction to King James' efforts to make Roman Catholicism once again the dominant religion in England.
Queen Mary I of England.