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King Henry VIII was excommunicated by the Pope in Rome in 1534.
The reason was personal then.
King Henry VIII wanted to remarry, but the Pope didn’t grant permission.
King Henry VIII’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon, a Spanish princess. She was related to the King of Rome, who then held power with the then Pope.
King Henry VIII wanted to marry Anne Boleyn, who served as Queen of England from 1533 to 1536.
Queen Anne Boleyn was the mother of the future Queen Elizabeth I.
Anne’s paternal ancestor, Geoffrey Boleyn, had been a mercer and wool merchant before becoming Lord Mayor. She came from a profound background and was a hardworking self. She was well-educated, well-informed, intelligent, and clever.
How did it start and why?
King Henry VIII visited Boleyn’s home when Anne and his sister Mary were young women. Mary was married, but King liked her. Later, when Anne visited the palace. The beauty and brightness, the intelligence, the vigor, and the looks of Queen Anne took King Henry VIII’s heart.
King Henry VIII fell for Anne.
King Henry VIII’s first wife, Catherine, could not bear a male heir, and she could not bear more heirs for Britain.
King Henry VIII was facing trouble saving the Tudor dynasty. After marriage with Anne King Henry VIII asked god to give him a son who would be so powerful that he could save the future of Britain. We all know who that was! Elizabeth I, no one compares to her.
King Henry VIII wanted Anne so much.
Anne asked King Henry VIII to marry her. King Henry VIII said it was impossible as the Pope rejected it.
To marry Anne, and for other differences with Rome, King Henry VIII broke ties with Rome and made new laws in Britain.
King Henry VIII ended their decades-old union with Catherine in a controversial annulment.
King Henry VIII married Anne, and their only daughter, Queen Elizabeth I, became a great Monarch in world history.
This new law declared the King of England to be the “Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England.”
The new law made it impossible to deny the English King’s supreme religious authority over their territories.
This was the story of how Rome and the UK parted ways.
This holds true even today.
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