The Church of England was created so King Henry the VIII could get married?

Question

What basis is this to create a church? Why would God sanction it?

Answer 1

Anglicans and Episcopalians do not like to look at it that way. They will point out that the Roman Catholic Church was too authoritarian and had adopted many non-biblical elements.

Interestingly, Henry had previously been named a "Defender Of the Faith" by the Pope for a theological paper he had written. Even today, Queen Elizabeth II includes "Defender of the Faith" among her titles and she is the titular head of the Church of England (Anglicans).

Answer 2

Uh.... he did it more likely to get divorced so he could remarry, so he could get divorced so he could remarry.... Henry VIII was a bad man.

His basis to create a church was to change church law so he could legally remarry without appearing a sinner. In those days, the Pope held more power. If he were to excommunicate you, the community you live in would ostricize you. These days the world could care less if someone was excommunicated. His showdown with the Pope ended with him creating a church. That church was never sanctioned by God or any other legitimate religion, it was a sham so Henry could do as he pleased.

Answer 3

He didn't create the Angelican church. He started the Church of England, creating himself as the leader of the church in the realm instead of the Pope. He did this because the Pope would not grant him a divorce from Queen Catherine to marry Anne Boleyn.

Answer 4

The separation was actually a by-product of Henry's obsession with producing a male heir; Catherine of Aragon failed to produce a male and the need to maintain dynastic legitimacy forced Henry to seek an annulment from the pope in order to marry Anne Boleyn. Wolsey tried repeatedly to secure a legal annulment from Pope Clement VII, but Clement was beholden to the Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and nephew of Catherine. Henry summoned the Reformation Parliament in 1529, which passed 137 statutes in seven years and exercised an influence in political and ecclesiastic affairs which was unknown to feudal parliaments. Religious reform movements had already taken hold in England, but on a small scale: the Lollards had been in existence since the mid-fourteenth century and the ideas of Luther and Zwingli circulated within intellectual groups, but continental Protestantism had yet to find favor with the English people. The break from Rome was accomplished through law, not social outcry; Henry, as Supreme Head of the Church of England, acknowledged this by slight alterations in worship ritual instead of a wholesale reworking of religious dogma. England moved into an era of "conformity of mind" with the new royal supremacy (much akin to the absolutism of France's Louis XIV): by 1536, all ecclesiastical and government officials were required to publicly approve of the break with Rome and take an oath of loyalty. The king moved away from the medieval idea of ruler as chief lawmaker and overseer of civil behavior, to the modern idea of ruler as the ideological icon of the state.

Answer 5

Well, he wanted to get divorced first and THEN marry, but the Pope wouldn't allow it. Hence the Church of England. Henry basically fired the Pope, took all papal lands and their cash in Britain.

You may not like Henry, but you have to admit he was decisive! lol

Answer 6

I think it is as good as basis as any to create a church.

Answer 7

The formation of the Church of England was rather more complicated than that. You might want to read the history of the Reformation and get more background material.

Answer 8

Man made basis.I don't know where in the bible god sanctions any church.

Answer 9

No, it was created so he could get divorced. *shrugs* God doesn't exist so it doesn't matter what any god thinks about it. However, its a basis because thats what humanity does. They create things to control others.

Answer 10

How do you know God sanctioned it?