Henry VIII

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.

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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Later on in his life, when he was very old for Tudor standards, Henry did go bankrupt because he spent too much of his money on feasts and parties. Henry wanted a glorious golden tomb but he could not afford it and was made to have a tomb out of stone. Henry went bankrupt a bit earlier than this as well and that is why he had the churches stripped, so he could sell the materials and objects that were inside the churches.

I hope this helps you.

Roman Catholic Answer

England became a part of the reformation more through politics than theological debate. King Henry VIII (1509-47) needed an heir to the throne and with his wife was unable to produce one. The Pope would not grant a divorce and so Henry convinced Parliament to declare him head of the Church in England. He made it illegal - treason, in fact, to attend the Catholic Mass. He confiscated all the Church property, threw nuns and monks out of their monasteries and confiscated their property. All but one Catholic Bishop refused to take the oath of allegiance to the new protestant church, and were thrown out of their sees. Many holy martyrs came out of this period, an English seminary was set up in Louvain, Belgium for the education of priests to minister to the persecuted Catholics in England. The persecution by the state of the established religion was brutal and shameful.

Answer King Henry VIII of England famously married six times. Three of his wives gave birth to children who survived infancy.They were Catherine of Aragon - Henry's first wife - who gave birth to a daughter on 18th February 1516. This daughter later became Queen Mary I. Anne Boleyn - Henry's second wife - gave birth to a daughter on 7th September 1533. This daughter later became Queen Elizabeth I. Jane Seymour - Henry's third wife - gave birth to a son on 12th October 1537. He later became King Edward VI.

Also Catherine Parr gave birth AFTER her marriage to King Henry VIII to a daughter fathered by her 4th husband Thomas Seymour.

It is also well known that Catherine of Aragon have birth 6 times, 5 of the 6 either were stillborn or died within the first year of life. Anne Boleyn gave birth to a stillborn son who is entombed with King Henry and Queen Jane (also there was at least 1 miscarriage/ false pregnancy, possibly 2).