Henry VIII religion

• Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was annulled in May 1533
• Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn in 1533
• The Act of Succession in April 1534 voided Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and illegitimated their daughter Mary
• Divorce was a reason for reformation as Catherine hadn't provided an heir and the Pope refused to allow an annulment, the early case was based on a biblical argument from Leviticus
• Doctrine was a reason for reformation as Henry wanted a different policy than the Church and the Pope in Rome
• Henry exploited the weakness of the catholic church through supporting humanist Erasmus
• In 1532 the act in conditional restraint of annates was passed which withheld first year income.
• In 1534 was the act of supremacy, henry wanted to gain more power and this declared him as supreme head of the Church in England.
• Dosh was a reason for reformation as Henry VIII wanted to capitalise on the extreme wealth of the monasteries.
• Henry VIII also wanted to dissolve the monasteries to rid of some of his opponents as they owed allegiance to Rome.
• February 1536 = Lesser monasteries dissolved
• 1538 = Greater monasteries dissolved
• 1539 = all monasteries dissolved
• The dissolution of the monasteries meant Henry VIII was able to sell monastic land to nobles, charges of vandalism put on Henry.
• Overall, the aim of dosh failed as Henry sold and gave away this land incredibly fast
• Doctrine of the Church was not effectively change, a lot of change occurred however not positively, it began a tumultuous rivalry between catholic and protestant.
• 1539 six articles reasserted catholic doctrine following excommunication from the pope in 1538.
• 1536 ten articles= decreased the sacraments to baptism, penance and eucharist. Confession praised.
• As a result changes to doctrine were ineffective - KING PROCLAIMED TO BE A CATHOLIC AND HAD A CATHOLIC FUNERAL. Despite pushing Protestantism through marriages to people such as Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves!
• The structure of the church was already in need of change due to pluralism = more than one post. And the presence of anticlericalism.
• STRUCTURE WAS HEAVILY ALTERED, KING BECAME SUPREME HEAD OF THE CHURCH = Act of supremacy 1534
• HOW DID THE KING BECOME SUPREME HEAD OF THE CHURCH?


  Act of supremacy 1534
• (structure) ALTERED ORDER OF RANKS, CROMWELL IN 1534 OUTRAKNED BISHOPS = VICEGENERENT
• (structure)POSITIVE CHANGE = SIX NEW DIOCESES AS IT IMPROVED CHURCH ADMIN
• Changes to liturgy (what they did) 1536 and 1538 Royal injunctions changed pilgrimages; first days allowed for them were reduced then condemned fully.
• (liturgy) Utilisation of an English bible began, the 1538 injunctions ordered every parish church to have an English bible.
• The six articles were published in 1539