Henry wanted a different wife so that he could get a male heir and the Pope would not agree to his divorce so he decided to take matters into his own hands and set up his own Church of England where he could be Supreme Head. As Supreme Head he would then be able to get his divorce and be ruler of England both spiritually and temporally.
Henry, just wanted a new wife.
Henry wanted a different wife
Because he wanted to divorce his first wife and marry Anne Bolyen
Henry didn't want parliament to dissolve England's ties to the Catholic Church! Both Henry and the Church in England were catholics as was parliament! What he wanted was to control or indeed abolish the Pope's insatiable greed for English money with which to finance his political adventures and his desires to increase the spiritual claims or phantasy's of the Roman See. Henry had no intention of poaching on the spiritual preserves of the catholic Church. The question lay with boundary between the Catholic Tradition as defined by Revelation, Scripture and Holy Tradition and Tradition as put forward by the Roman Court which many felt was made up to suit the needs of the day! The Pope's refusal to face tradition in the matter of the the Canons of the Seven Ecumenical Councils and of English law,is what caused the break, the decision of the English Church to take a stand against additions to the Revelation of Christ and against innovations.
Henry didn't want parliament to dissolve England's ties to the Catholic Church! Both Henry and the Church in England were catholics as was parliament! What he wanted was to control or indeed abolish the Pope's insatiable greed for English money with which to finance his political adventures and his desires to increase the spiritual claims or phantasy's of the Roman See. Henry had no intention of poaching on the spiritual preserves of the catholic Church. The question lay with boundary between the Catholic Tradition as defined by Revelation, Scripture and Holy Tradition and Tradition as put forward by the Roman Court which many felt was made up to suit the needs of the day! The Pope's refusal to face tradition in the matter of the the Canons of the Seven Ecumenical Councils and of English law,is what caused the break, the decision of the English Church to take a stand against additions to the Revelation of Christ and against innovations.
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Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Pope Clement VII refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage.Henry wanted a male heir.Henry wanted a different wife.Catholic AnswerIt started out for purely political reasons, as mentioned above. The Pope ruled that the King was validly married to Catherine of Aagorn and could not get an annulment (a decree that no valid marriage ever existed) and Henry wanted to marry again to get a male heir, he already had a daughter. So Henry made parliament the "head" of the "church" in England so that they could grant him an annulment.
Because King Henry VIII, as king, wanted things his way, and did not want to submit to the moral code of God as preached by the Catholic Church. He did not want to remain with his wife, and he certainly was opposed to religious monks and nuns have their own land, monasteries, and convents, when he could use that land and those buildings for himself and his nobles. So he have parliament make up a Church out of thin air and appoint him, as King, head of this Church with his own laws so that he could do as he pleased.
King Henry VIII was a Catholic in his early life. When the Catholic Church refused to dissolve his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry Anne Boleyn, he broke away from the Church and declared himself head of the Church of England.
Henry the 7th was a Catholic
Two prominent members of Tudor dynasty, Henry VIII and daughter Elizabeth I, ruled when absolutism common on European continent. In England, Parliament placed curbs on absolute monarchy. Both father, daughter had to learn to work with Parliament to fulfill goals.