Because Henry VIII didnt like thomas more and decided to close thy chuch of the catholics
Roman Catholic AnswerThe consequences of the Henry VIII's split with the Church is the Anglican Church and it's hundreds of splinter "churches". The results are generations and thousands of souls who have grown up outside the means of salvation established by Our Blessed Lord, His Church.
Henry VIII split up from the pope to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon. At first Henry did ask the pope for the divorce but the pope refused. Henry decided to break away from the pope and name himself as the head of the Church of England so he didn't need permission to divorce Catherine
Henry VIII set up the Anglican church when the pope wouldn't give him a divorce.
No Henry VIII didn't create the protestant church it was Martin Luther in 1517 Henry VIII only made it officialMArtin Luther actually set up the lutheren church though !
Henry VIII was Roman Catholic up until he founded the English Church and became Anglican.
Henry VIII broke up with the Rome Church so that he can divorce Catherine of Aragon because the Roman Church wouldn't let him.
Henry VIII filled his coffers with the spoils from his break with the Catholic Church and the following raiding of their monies and assets.
It depends how you look at it. Henry was a Catholic until the Pope refused to grant Henry a divorce. So Henry set up his own church, the Church of England, with Henry being in charge of it.
Henry VIII was brought up Roman Catholic. Even after the break with the church of Rome he ran the Anglican church similar to that of Roman Catholicism. The changes did not appear between the two until the reign of his son Edward
The Act of Supremacy, which set up Henry VIII as head of the English church, was enacted in 1534. Henry broke away from the Church of Rome because he went to the Pope to ask for a divorce from his first wife Catherine but the Pope would not perform the procedure. As a result Henry left and set himself up as head of the church in England.
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The Roman Catholic Church to head up his own church today known as the Anglican Church or more commonly: The Church of England.