how did england become a protestant country?

Answer 1

Henry VIII broke with the Catholic church, because the pope wouldn't grant him an annulment to his marriage. Catholics can't divorce, but if it can be proven that the husband and/or wife was either pressured by pregnancy, family, or if it can be shown that one or both of them didn't really intend to keep their vows, (there are a few others which I can't remember); an annulment can be granted. The pope didn't think any of these things were met, and refused to grant it, thereby angering Henry into forming his own church.

Answer 2

The official state church became Protestant in 1533, with King Henry VIII. You've probably heard of him; the guy with the six wives. Henry thought it was really important for him to have a male heir, and when Wife #1 couldn't provide one, he asked the Pope for an annulment. But, since he had no legitimate grounds for an annullment in the eyes of canon law, the Pope wouldn't grant him one. So, Henry broke with Rome and formed the Protestant Church of England, with himself as its leader. The whole thing worked out really nicely for him. First, he got the Archbishop of Canterbury to grant him the divorce he wanted. Secondly, the Catholic Church owned a third of the land in England, and after the break with Rome, the Crown got to take it all back. And so many of the English people had grown so discontented with the Catholic Church that they didn't put up much of a fuss. If you want more details about the whole thing, just google "English Reformation".

Answer 3

I believe it was King Henry the 8 , that wanted to divorce ,and was refused by the Pope , consequently he divorced himself from the pope or the roman catholic church and decided to set one of his own ,putting himself at the head of his new church The Anglican , and thus becoming protestant with the king or Queen becoming for ever more the head of the protestant religion of England

Answer 4

The earliest roots are Henry VIII's separation from the Roman Catholic Church, and his creation of the Church of England. He was upset with the Pope (and the Pope was fed up with him, as well), over his persistent pleas to annul his marriages. Henry VIII was desperate for a male heir, and had a penchant for women, which led to him hopping from marriage to marriage. He was excommunicated, and he established the Church of England so that he could end his own marriages (the Pope would not). Go to wikipedia.org, look up Henry VIII, and you'll get the whole story. From that time, there were several centuries of the country switching back and forth between Catholicism and Protestantism depending on the King or Queen of the time.

Answer 5

Kind of funny, this, but Henry VIII was named Defensor Fides by the Pope only a few years before he declared himself leader of the church.

Really it all came about because the current Pope (Clement) refused to allow the annulation of his marriage with Caterina d'Aragon, as it had already produced issue (Mary, later queen).

It's kind of hard to realise that one man could turn the course of history,just out of lust for some jill named Anne, but Henry did.

After that, there came the confiscation of immense Church lands and properties, and a huge interest on the part of those who profitted from these confiscations in not allowing the return of Papism.

Answer 6

King Henry VIII wanted to divorce his first wife. However, the Catholic church did not allow divorces. He decided to split from the Vatican and form his own church so that he could marry and divorce at will (which he did...over and over again!). That denomonation is now the Angelican church, or the church of England.

Answer 7

Henry VIII wanted to divorce his with and Roman church wouldn't let him. So he created the church of england so he could.

Any christian church not catholic is protestant

Answer 8

It is still a majoirity cathlic right? It has a lot of protestant becaue of the people as a group pretesting the kings forcing of the cathlic religion.