So that he could do as he pleased, divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn.
He took over the church the new church was called the Church of England and people didnt like it one bit. Just when did Henry take over a new Church? What was its name and where was its cathedral situated? There was only one Church in England and that was the Catholic Church in England
1. He Broke Away From the Catholic church in Rome 2. He Made him self head of church in England
The church of England. Henry took the Popes place in England.
King Henry was married to Catherine of Aragon. He falls in love with Anne Boleyn and wants to marry her. He asks the pope to grant him a divorce, but the pope refuses because it was against the Catholic Church to get a divorce. After 7 years, Henry declares that the pope had no power over him and the pope excommunicates him. In 1534, Henry has parliament declare him the head of a new church, the Church of England, or the Anglican Church. This was a Protestant Church.
Henry VIII
The Church of England was established because the pope would not allow Henry VIII to divorce Katherine of Aragon. Henry did not take over the CofE. He was largely responsible for its establishment. Before Henry wanted to divorce, the religion followed by the majority of the country was Roman Catholicism.
New Amsterdam before England was probably Dutch Reformed (but there was significant Jewish minority) after England took it they probably would have switched the church to the Anglican Church
Henry the VIII did NOT separate the Church of England from the Catholic Church, he separated the Catholic Church IN Englandfrom the rest of the Catholic Church and formed the Church OF England. Big difference, before Henry VIII there was no Church OF England, only the Catholic Church IN England. In 1534 he had Parliment issue the Act of Supremacy.from the Website :Sovereign and Pope in English Bidding Prayersbefore and after 1534J. Frank HendersonIn 1534 King Henry VIII decreed that he was not only sovereign -- the ruler -- of the country but also supreme head of the church in England. In other words, he now took the place of the pope, who had no further role to play in England. Henry's claim to supremacy was made both legally and politically, but also liturgically.
because he took control over the Roman Catholic Church.
Henry VIII started it. In his fight with the Pope over his divorce of Katherine he cut himself off from the Catholic church and made the Church illegal in England. He began the Church of England and started to take the church properties from the Catholic church and close churches. He had churches destroyed, arrested clergy, and took church property. Thus, the Protestant Reformation was begun under his rein. Anne Boleyn added to it by pushing Henry to keep up his fight with the church and published articles against the church. They were enable to enrich the Crown with the goods and property of the Catholic church.
Anglican ChurchAnglican Catholic Answer!No one created the Anglican Church; it is a manifestation, or showing forth, of the Body of Christ here on earth. What Henry VIII did was to regulate the temporal aspects of the Church, not its spiritual function.What Henry did do was to see to the temporal affairs of the Church. If we look at his quarrel with the pope, we see clearly that the argument was about money and the pope's political adventures andabuses. Henry was Chief Magistrate of the Church of England and he took his job seriously.
He broke with the rest of the Catholic Church and, in effect, established the Church of England. Missionaries from this church accompanied many of the British explorers of the 18th and 19th centuries and planted what has become known as Anglicanism. The majority of Anglicans now live outside of England. Anglicanism has had a significant effect on former British colonies, and thus on the world.