What changes happened to England when Henry VIII got rid of the Catholic church?

Answer 1

England cut the communication of Rome.The king of England became the head of the state and the church.No one leaders of the church that has a power to overwhelm his position as the most powerful man in England.

Answer 2

First let me say , Henry didn't start the Church of England, the Church came to England very early on, some 1500 years before Henry!

What happened in England? Henry was responsible, through the Church in England, for rejecting the authority of the papacy and keeping the Church out of the Council of Trent and not subscribing to the additions introduced in to the Roman Church.

After Henry's death the Church had a problem with Henry's son, an 11 year old who was precociously attracted to Protestantism. It had a struggle but Edward, Henry's son died early and Mary, Henry's daughter sought to take the Church of England in to the Roman Church of Trent, with a return to the pre-reformation state of things,

Roman Catholic Answer

All the bishops, save one, refused to go along with the suppression of the Church and allegiance to the new church established by the King. The faithful were denied the sacraments and forced, legally, to attend Protestant services. The practice of the Catholic faith was forbidden by law, and many people were martyred. All Catholic property from parish churches to monasteries were seized by the King.

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

The Church of England is the official name of the official established religion of the realm of England; it is a form of Protestantism that evolved and took shape from 1535 onwards, and was definitely established by an act of parliament called the Act of Uniformity, which took effect from June 24, 1559, and by the Act of Supremacy of the same year which denied the ecclesiastical supremacy of the Holy See and vested all English ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Crown. The act of Uniformity imposed use of the second Prayer Book of Edward VI on the clergy and attendance at its service on the laity. The primatial see of Canterbury was vacant, but all the bishops except one refused compliance with these acts and their sees were declared vacant. A new hierarchy was then formed, from the bishops of which subsequent Anglican orders are derived. In 1563 the new church adopted certain articles of religion known as the Thirty-Nine Articles which confirmed its Protestant character and its dependence on the state; in practice, bishops of this church are nominated by the prime minster, who consults the ecclesiastical dignitaries. The Church of England is in possession of the buildings, properties and endowments which were provided for Catholic usages: the same is true of the Protestant Churches of Ireland and Wales, which are now disestablished, and of the Established Church of Scotland, which is presbyterian in organization.