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Old 05-01-2010, 01:40 AM
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Default What branch of Protestantism did Henry VIII change to in order to get a divorce with

What branch of Protestantism did Henry VIII change to in order to get a divorce with his wife?
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Old 05-02-2010, 01:40 AM
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He didn't change it,he pretty much invented it.At the time England was a catholic country but when the pope wouldn't grant him a divorce he started the Church of England
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Old 05-05-2010, 01:40 AM
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Henry was never a Protestant. In fact, the pope had previously called him "defender of the faith." Henry simply declared himself head of what had until then been the Catholic Church in England, keeping the liturgy, the teachings, the hierarchical succession pretty much the same, except for that part about fealty to the pope. Those that refused to go along with the change, who expressed loyalty to the pope, were forced into exile, hiding or prosecution. (Then when Mary, Queen of Scots came to the throne, the persecutors and persecute es switched places up until her death.)

Anglicanism's status in Christianity has always been ambiguous. It didn't sign onto the doctrines of Luther or Calvin and in practice resembles Catholicism most. It sometimes refers to itself as the "Third Way".
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Old 05-08-2010, 01:40 AM
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I don't understand your question. The only wife (Katherine of Aragon) he divorced was Catholic. He married Ann Bolyn, who was executed on the grounds of incest. His third wife was Jane Seymore who died in childbirth. He married Ann of Cleves, but the marriage was annulled because she had been betrothed to one of Henry's family. He married Catherine Howard, who was executed because she committed treason by having sex with another man while married to Henry. His last wife, was Katherine Parr, who outlived him.
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Old 05-11-2010, 01:40 AM
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In many respects, Henry agreed with Catholicism, so his church was largely Catholic in outward appearance. It was not so much a change of belief that made him Protestant, but his refusal to submit to papal authority in matters of religious administration.

It was his successors Edward VI and Elizabeth I who did more to shape Anglicanism as a doctrinally Protestant religion.
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