Did the religion of the monarchs change with new thoughts, or vice versa. do escape something? to gt mor powr?

Question

Did the religion of the monarchs change with new thoughts, or vice versa. do escape something? to gt mor powr?

Answer 1

Henry VIII wanted a divorce 'cause he was tired of killing his wives.  The Catholic Church wouldn't allow divorce so he created the Church of England (Anglican) and made it allow divorce.  The head honch is the Arch Bishop of Canterberry

Answer 2

The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. These events were part of a wider process, the European Protestant Reformation, a religious and political movement which affected the practice of Christianity across the whole of Europe during this period.

Many factors contributed to the ferment: the decline of feudalism and the rise of nationalism, the rise of the common law, the invention of the printing press and increased circulation of the bible texts, the transmission of new knowledge and ideas not only amongst scholars but amongst merchants and artisans also; but the story of why and how the different states of Europe adhered to different forms of Protestantism, or remained faithful to Rome or allowed different regions within states to come to different conclusions (as they did) is specific to each state and the causes are not agreed.

The English Reformation began as another chapter in the long running dispute with the Catholic Church over the latter's claimed jurisdiction over the English people, though ostensibly based on Henry VIII's desire for an annulment. It was, at the outset, more of a political than a theological dispute, but the reality of political differences between Rome and England nonetheless allowed growing theological disputes to come to the fore.

The split from Rome made the English monarch head of the English church by "Royal Supremacy", thereby establishing the Church of England, but the structure and theology of that church was a matter of fierce dispute for generations. It led eventually to civil war, from which the emergent church polity at the end was that of an established church and a number of non-conformist churches whose members at first suffered various civil disabilities, which were removed only over time. Catholicism emerged from its underground existence only in the nineteenth century.

Answer 3

well henry the 8th changed the english religion from catholicism to the anglican curch (of which he was the head) so that he could divorce catharine of aragon.