Question

Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church in order to obtain a divorce from his first wife Catherine.

T or F

Answer 1

True: King Henry was married to Catherine of Aragon. He falls in love with Anne Boleyn and wants to marry her. He asks the pope to grant him a divorce, but the pope refuses because it was against the Catholic Church to get a divorce. After 7 years, Henry declares that the pope had no power over him and the pope excommunicates him. In 1534, Henry has parliament declare him the head of a new church, the Church of England, or the Anglican Church. This was a Protestant Church.

Answer 2

The correct answer is True.

Step-by-step explanation

Henry VIII was an English king who married Catalina de Aragon, this event divided his mandate in two, during the first period of his term as Catalina's husband, he was a kind and generous man with his people. Later, he changed when he only had a daughter with Catalina, and could not have a son who succeeded the throne after his death. This situation caused Enrique to want to marry another woman to have a son. However, being married to Catherine by the Roman Catholic Christian church in Rome, he had to apply for a divorce from the Vatican which was not granted. Because of this, Henry VII and England members of his cabinet create the Anglican Church, which a new church that distanced itself from Roman Catholicism and allowed the King to marry another woman Ana Bolena. So, the correct anwer is True.