Why did Henry VIII change englands religon?

Answer 1

Not really. What Henry VIII wanted was to stop having a Roman Catholic church, with the Pope making the rules, and taxes being sent to Rome. He wanted to replace it with a Church of England, with himself as titular head, the rules being made by a synod of English bishops, and taxes (if any) being sent to the Church of England for its own use. Most English people wanted to become protestant, but Henry had conservative views, and hewed to Roman doctrine except where it referred to the supremacy of Rome and the Pope. The Church of England did not become protestant until the accession of his daughter as Elizabeth I.

Answer 2

Henry VIII was a Roman Catholic, under the authority of the Pope in Rome. The

Catholic Church did not recognize divorce, and Henry wanted a divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon because she could not bear him any children (specifically, male heirs). He wanted to marry another young woman named Anne Boleyn (whom he later beheaded).

After failing to get the Pope in Rome to give him a "papal dispensation" (which would have given him special treatment by allowing the divorce), he basically forced the Archbishop to grant him a divorce, in direct opposition to the Pope, leading to a breaking away from the Catholic Church, and Henry set himself up as head of the Church of England.

I might add that if Henry had divorced through the Archbishop and did not change/create "The Church of England," he would have been excommunicated- something he nor anyone else would want to happen, especially in that time period where excommunication meant your soul would be lost and you would burn in hell for eternity- something Henry truly believed. By having his own Church now solved his problems. He got to marry another woman, and he saved his soul. (Supposedly).

This became known as "The English Reformation."
HE CHANGED IT TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Britain was christian country. the religion used to becatholics.but Henry wants to change it in to protestant.everyone believed in god. everyone used to worship everyday church was powerful and lots of money and gold

500 years ago most people belied in heaven and hell. they believed that some people go heaven and some people go to hell and that it was the church,pope and priests that choose who go where.

Henry the VIII changed religion in England due to the fact that the Pope did not let him have a divorce from his wife at the time. So he made a new religion called the protestant and made himself the head of it so he could divorce and marry as many times as he wanted to.

the protestant used to worship really because they did no want the pope to tell that they will all go to hell so they worshiped really than they used to when they were catholics. the church they used to pray in was the church of the catholics and now it is called the church of England.

he also changed the religion because he wanted to get every thing that the church owned like money,wealth,gold,silver and so on. he wanted the Church's money because he was party person and he liked to build palaces so that he could live in them.

The pope is the head of the catholics and people must do as he says because people believe he is a gods spokesman on earth.

Henry's plans of changing the religion of England was successful because in England some people are Catholics and some are Protestant and now I know what the religion was 500 years ago and what happened during the time and why and how the religion was changed during the time and how the people had to changed into a religion they did want to be changed into because it was what they believed

In the 16th century there were big changes to the church in England. Henry replaced the pope as the head of the church and he closed down all the monasteries. This happened for a number of reasons such as Henry wanted a son but Catherine of argon gave him a daughter. He wanted to divorce Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn and hoped she would give him a son.

AnswerThese are the 3 main reasons!

Power was the main reason he was the kind of King who felt that he should have total power over his subects but the power of the Catholic churc in the 16th century outweighed that of even the most powerful King Henry saw a way to end that power in England and use it for his own purposes

The bi-product of this was that was able to secure a marriage anullment from Catherine without having to to go through the Pope who was making things difficult for him. he had to divorce Catherine because Anne was pregnant.

The Third advantage was that the looting of the churches and monasteries filled the royal coffers and paid for his wars in France

The fouth advantage was that the pope no longer had power over the people of Engladn as he could threaten people with hell but the king could only punish people with death.

All the above are very cynical views of Henrys motivations it is possible that he just believed it was the right thing to do but i doubt it.

he changed because the pope would not allow him to get a divorce even though he was king.

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Answer 3

because he loves anne boyleyn and wanted to get married but the catholic pope wouldn't let him divorce his brothers widow and he had protestant advisers who told him if he turned protestant and the act of supremacy he could do whatever he wanted

Answer 4

Henry VIII changed the religion in England because the pope was against the divorce of Henry and Catherine of Aragon, so Henry broke with Rome and claimed he was making a reformation and changed the religion of England.

Answer 5

Hello. Im not quite sure what your asking but, I will answer to the best I can.

King Henry the eight was a Catholic ( A different type of christiantity. Eg.. They said their services in Latin.)

Well, Catholics don't belive in divorce. Of course King Henry wanted a divorce so he got ride of the pope and opened his own church - the church of England. So, He could get a divorce.

Anything else? Hope that helped.

Answer 6

at first henry was a catholic but got divorced and changed to a protistant to marry Anne Boleyn

Answer 7

becuase henry died