Rise of the Church of England
The Church of England was formed by King Henry III for political reasons and not religious. One of the reasons Henry VIII changed the religion in his country is because he wanted a son and since he believed his wife could no longer have children he wanted a divorce from her. Henry called Parliament into session and asked it to pass laws that would end the pope's power in England and thus be able to divorce his wife. Parliament voted and approved The Act of Supremacy. All of this was brought about because of Henry's desire to have a son.Henry wanted to have a son even though he already had a daughter, Mary, from his wife Catherine. However, he wanted a son to inherit the throne because he knew that no woman had ever successfully claimed the English throne. He des
perately wanted to divorce is 42 year old wife, Catherine, because he believed that she would no longer have children and be able to give him a son. Parliament legalized the divorce from Catherine. Henry had four more wives, the third of which gave him a son, Edward. This caused Anne Boleyn to fall out of Henry's favor. Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn did not produce the son he so much wanted but a daughter, Elizabeth. He ordered her to be imprisoned and later beheaded. Henry seized the Catholic Church's properties that consisted of 20 percent of the land in England and made his country richer. Henry decided to solve the problem by himself. After Henry's death, his son, Edward, ruled for nine years, then Mary ruled and finally Elizabeth ruled. Through these facts we can clearly see that the acts of Henry were not to improve the religious suppression, but his political gain. People who rejected the King's new religion were fined, jailed or sometimes even worse. These acts brought many changes to England, some were good, and others not so good. King Henry's change of religion allowed people to seek other ideas and even feel a sense of Protestantism. The Act of Supremacy made the King the head of England's Church.
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