Henry Cleaves the Church to Catch a Wife

Outline:

A.  An Overview of Reformation Events

B.  Henry VIII becomes king of England

C.  Henry seeks a new wife, Anne Bolyne

D.  Henry arranges parliamentary acts to secure succession; suppresses monasteries

E.  The many wives of Henry VIII

Questions to Consider

1.  Why did the Church need a legitimate council and a powerful emperor to address the issues of the “Reformation?”

2.  Why did Henry VIII marry Catherine of Aragon?

3.  What does Leviticus 20:21 and if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing; he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless have to do with Henry’s divorce of Catherine of Aragon?

Bibliography: 

Warren Carroll.  THE CLEAVING OF CHRISTENDOM.

Philip Hughes.  A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE RFEFORMATION.  Garden City:  Image.  1962.

NOTA BENE:

Errata:  Runnymede was in 1215, not 1066.  1066 was the Battle of Hastings.