Henry VIII Protestant?

Question

What was/is Henry VIII's connection with the Protestant religion?

I know It existed before him, but didn't he ban it? Did he haev ANYTHING to do with it iat all, not necessarily it's creation.

Answer 1

Prior to Henry the 8th England was primarily a Catholic country. The pope even gave him the title "defender of the faith" for his opposition to Martin Luther. But Henry wanted a son and heir to his throne. His first wife couldn't give him one. Henry asked the pope foe an annulment of his marriage so he could marry again and continue trying for a son. The pope refused. The Catholic Church did not allow divorce. Henry was King after all, so he divorced and re-married a number of times which resulted in his being excommunicated from the church, by the pope. Henry started his own form of Protestantism which became the Church of England.

Answer 2

Henry did not create the protestant religion. He was a roman catholic and very religious, he was trained to be a Priest very eary in life before coming to the throne. He also held the title of Defender of the Faith in England. However, when it came time for Henry to want a divorce from his first wife, Catherine, the church in Rome denied it and he therefore broke away from the church in rome in order to marry his new love, Anne Boleyn. Anne was a Protestant convert and attempted to inforce her views with Henry. Their daughter, Elizabeth I was brought up in the Protestant faith, but Henry had nothing to do with this really. His third wife, Jane Seymour, was also Protestant and their son Edward (who was king for a very short time) also grew up in the protestant faith.

Answer 3

Nonexistent. The break with Rome was a political convenience and entirely politic. The benefit that resulted was divorce from false religion generally. It wasn't another hundred years before a reliable, English translation of scripture was generally available. It didn't point to any superior religiosity if Oliver Cromwell is any indication. Such things are worked out outside and in spite of the counsels of man because he is only prone to disaster.

Answer 4

Not Protestant ...or[deep down] anything else.
His driving need was a son to ensure the succession to the English Crown which his father [rather fortuitously] had gained. Everything else was subsidiary to this personal need.

Answer 5

Henry the 8th didn't ban Protestantism, he broke with Catholicism and formed the Church of England, so that he could divorce one of his wives--the Pope wouldn't let him.