An introduction to the history of Christianity in England

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[...] An introduction to the history of Christianity in England Introduction The Henrician Reformation is a phenomenon that followed the Europe Reformation and Protestant Reformation. This led to the severing in the relationships between England and Rome. The purpose of this article is to highlight the most decisive feature of the Henrician reformation. In addition, the article outlines the reasons giving this feature being considered as the landmark of the religious revolution. First, the article shades light onto the events that led the reformation under the stewardship of King Henry VIII. [...]

[...] They had been left subjected to the derision of the laity. Most monks were seeking out due to this damaged reputation. They had lost prestige and respect with the people. The dissolution of the monasteries was clearly a distinguished landmark event in the reformation of the English church. The establishment of the royal supremacy over the church necessitated the downfall of the monasteries (Scarisbrick 49-81). Reasons for Decisive Feature King Henry VIII was not the chosen heir to the throne because he was the second son of his father, Henry VII. [...]

[...] Henry VIII spent three years pressurizing Rome to return the case to England. This had cost Wolsey his job and powers. The king appointed Thomas More without the knowledge that he was opposed to the divorce. The king threatened the pope not to work under him and went further to invoke the three-centuries-old privilegium Angliae. He was enraged because, as a prince and king, the divorce case was being taken outside his control (Lake and Dowling pp.36-77). In 1531, he amended a clerical grant adding clauses that he was the protector and only supreme head of the English church. [...]