Was King Henry the eighth's divorce of Catherine of Aragon right?

Question

Why or why not? Some sites would help.

Answer 1

If you read the history it appears that Henry married his second wife before either annullment or divorce.

Henry VIII supposedly married Catherine of Aragon at his father's dying wish and was happily-enough married to her, although not faithful, for 18 years, until he became seriously worried about getting a male heir to his throne as she approached menopause.Because of the lack of heirs, Henry began to believe that his marriage was cursed and sought confirmation from two verses of the biblical Book of Leviticus, which said that, if a man marries his brother's wife, the couple will be childless. He chose to believe that Catherine had lied when she said her marriage to Arthur had not been consummated, therefore making their marriage wrong in the eyes of God. He therefore asked Pope Clement VII to annul his marriage in 1527. The Pope stalled on the issue for seven years without making a final judgement, partially because allowing an annulment would be admitting that the Church had been in error for allowing a special dispensation for marriage in the first place.

Henry separated from Catherine in July 1531, and married one of Catherine's former ladies-in-waiting (and sister of his former mistress Lady Mary Boleyn), Anne Boleyn in January 1533. Henry finally had Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, annul the marriage himself on May 23, 1533. To forestall an appeal to Rome, which Catherine would have almost certainly won, he had Parliament pass the Act of Supremacy, repudiating Papal jurisdiction in England, making the king the head of the English church, and beginning the English Reformation.

Answer 2

In his mind it was at the time. His father told him the most important thing for him to do as king was to produce a male heir to succeed him and Henry was obsessed with it. When he found a passage in the Bible that said it was wrong to marry your dead brother's wife he thought God was punishing him by not giving him and heir with Catherine. Catherine was past child bearing years and only had Mary so he did what he thought he had to do. I'm sure after many years had passed he probably thought he did wrong, but no one knows for sure. Morally it wasn't wait as far as my opinion goes, but he felt it was the only way to be remembered as a good king and he thought he was doing right by England. No queen of his was ever as loved by the people as Catherine of Aragon and most people never forgave him for it.

Answer 3

Henry was desparte for a male heir, Catherine was getting old and had difficulty in bearing live children and Anne Boleyn was a power hungry slut who wouldn't give it up unless she could be queen, that lasted for 7 years untill she finally gave in and got knocked up before the wedding with Elizabeth. Anne rubbed in Catherine's face by asking for apples, implying that the pregnancy cravings were terrible.

Answer 4

Well, he basically divorced her beacuse she couldn't bear him a living male child, and he did father at least two male children out of wedlock before he divorced her. In any case, he did it beacuse she was first married to his brother, Arthur. To marry your brother's widow is a sin in the Bible, but he had the Pope give him special permission. When he wished to be rid of her, he brought this fact up as proof that God wasn't happy with their marriage.

He also pulled the same thing, backwards, when he was tired of Anne Boleyn. He then said that he was wrong to renounce Catherine (who had died by that time), and divorced her on those terms.

Answer 5

The POPE refused to grant annulment of the wedding and
then King Henry ordered the creation of the Church of
England ,appointing HIMSELF Head of the new
religion and a hand picked Cardinal of the new Creed pro
ceeded to marry the King to Anne BOLEYN who became briefly Queen and was later
beheaded for alleged adultery.King Henry died of syphilis
Both wives gave him daughters who later became Queens

Answer 6

Having Henry VIII as a king was not right at all so nothing else was 'right'.

Answer 7

I don't think it was the right thing to do. They had A VERY loving and happy marriage for 20 years! he divorced her because dear old ann was pregi.

Answer 8

Henry had six wives so its not likely he had 8 divorces.

Answer 9

He was the King, she was in the way.

He said it was an illegal marriage, as she had been married to his brother, so technically it was an annulment, not a divorce.

She said she had never consumated the marriage to his brother, so was never married to him.

You pick.

Answer 10

Few things he did in his personal life were what you would call "right."