Is this question about Henry the 8th or the 7th? Henry the 8th broke with the Catholic church simply because the Vatican would not allow an annulment of his marriage with Catherine of Aragon.
When Henry became Head of the Church in England, he confiscated property which had previously belonged to the Catholic Church. The wealth then became part of the Royal Treasury.
In many countries, The Church was exempt from taxes. Part of Henry VIII's break with the church came over church revenues.
Henry bullied an ecclesiastical council to make him the head of the Church in England which soon became the Church of England. Henry then granted himself an annulment to Katherine of Aragon and married Anne Boleyn.
Becket stood up against Henry II for the rights of the church against the demands of the state, one of many classes between the church and the crown. It was a precursor of Henry VIII's break with the church.
It undermined the power and authority of the pope.
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The Roman Catholic Church.
Henry VIII.
It really didn't have an effect. Henry was deeply rooted in the Catholic belief, but he wanted a divorce. When he created his own branch of religion, all he changed from Catholicism was who was in charge.
Henry VIII wanted to break with Rome, but not the Catholic religion. The Church in England, at least during Henry's reign, remained Catholic in theology and liturgy. After the break and until Henry's death, the Protestant religion was still illegal in England.
When the pope refused to grant Henry VIII a divorce, he decided to break with Rome and appointed himself as the head of the church in England.
He made is own church and his own rules and made his own church which is known as the church of England!
He opposed Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church.
because the pope would not grant him a divorce
Is this question about Henry the 8th or the 7th? Henry the 8th broke with the Catholic church simply because the Vatican would not allow an annulment of his marriage with Catherine of Aragon.
It undermined the power and authority of the pope.