KING HENRY VIII

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

• Only followed rules of Catholic church when they aided his own ideas
• Forced clergy to follow the rules and laws strictly
• Believed that God had created society as it was and it could not be changed

PUBLICATIONS

• Authored "Defence of the Seven Sacraments"
• It was aimed against Martin Luther and his errors
• Defended papal papacy
• Fought for all Seven Sacraments

THREATENED GROUPS

• Some of his wives (ones that were Catholic)
• The protestants that he despised
• Catholics in England

IMPACT OF IDEAS

• He brought about the Reformation of England
• Political leader became the spiritual leader as well