(Below is an excerpt from the biography of Henry VIII)
In 1534 Henry VIII was declared head of the English Church. People had to swear an oath that in future they would obey Henry as head of the church. More refused and he was convicted of high treason. Still refusing to recant, he was executed at the Tower of London on 6 July 1535.
The Pope and the Catholic church in Rome were horrified when they heard the news that Henry had destroyed St. Thomas Becket's Shrine. On 17 December 1538, the Pope announced to the Christian world that Henry VIII had been excommunicated from the Catholic church.
Henry VIII did not form the Catholic Church. He actually broke away from the Catholic Church and formed the Church of England in 1534.
Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534, and established the Church of England.
Henry broke away from the catholic church and established the Church of England with himself as head.
The Anglican Church - officially, the Church of England.
Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church due to his many and manifold marital problems, not to mention his unstable mental health.
Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and founded the Church of England.
When King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church and started the Anglican Church in England, and when Martin Luther broke away from the Catholic Church in Germany. This started the Anglican (Church of England, Episcopalian, Anglo-Catholic, etc.) and Lutheran churches.
Are you talking about the Protestant Reformation?
Although King Henry broke England away from the Roman Catholic Church, he remained a Catholic in his religious observances all his life.
King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church because he wanted to put away his wife, Catherine of Aragon.
because he broke away from the catholic church
Sir Thomas More remained loyal to the Catholic Church even after King Henry VIII broke away from the Church to establish the Church of England. After his execution, he was canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church.