King Henry the 8th wanted to divorce his wife and the Catholic Church (the Pope) refused to grant permission, so he invested religious authority in the Church of England.
The history of the Church of England goes back to the late 6th century and the kingdom of Kent. The events in the lives of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and others were important contributing factors to the split, but they are a continuation of centuries of development. Early on, the church in England emphasized the importance of apostolic succession rather than the highly centralized Roman hierarchy. Apostolic succession is the idea that authority is handed down from bishop to bishop by a laying-on of hands. The Church of England, after this split, formed Presbyterianism and Anglicanism as its main branches of Christianity.
Because of different beliefs and Henry was cruel,had many wives
The Roman Catholic church
Henry the VIII was a good roman catholic but he then turned into a protestant (church of England.
The Roman Catholic Church.
Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534, and established the Church of England.
King Henry VIII
Church of England
It was Henry VIII who pulled England out from under the authority of the Roman Catholic church and the Pope, and established the Church of England under the headship of the King. He did this because the Roman Catholic Church would not allow him a divorce.
Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and founded the Church of England.
First of all, there is no "Roman Catholic Church", that is a slur, in English, from after the protestant revolt, to refer to the Catholic Church. Secondly, Thomas Cromwell was tried by Henry VIII on charges of heresy and treason, and executed by King Henry VIII, himself a heretic, and an apostate from the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church had nothing to do with Thomas Cromwell.
Henry left the Roman Catholic Church when the Pope refused to grant him an annulment from one of his marriages.
Roman Catholic AnswerHenry VIII did not break with the Catholic Church for money.