Henry never abandoning catholic faith plan

Question 1

3 paragraphs

Answer 1

Motivations for the break - religion was only a minor one, and it was more for divorce
Influence of cromwell and cranmer in legislation
He did abandon key catholic ideas.

Question 2

what were the 4 causes for the break?

Answer 2

financial
doctrine
power
divorce

Question 3

what were the financial causes for the break?

Answer 3

Lots of money was being sent to the pope, such as First Fruits and Tenths and Annates as well as money being invested in monastic tradition
This money could more than double the crown’s revenue
He did act on this in the Act of Annates 1534 and the Appointments of Bishops Act 1533 which gave him both of these things as well as the dissolution 1536-39.

Question 4

What were the religious causes for the break?

Answer 4

There weren’t any really
Henry was staunchly Christian, having helped defend the Pope in Europe as well as attending mass daily and doing Christian pilgramage
Was even Fidei Defensor or Defender of the Faith from defending against the 95 thesis.

Question 5

what were the power causes for Henry

Answer 5

by taking over papal supremacy he would expand royal authority massively, as the church and state had had frequent conflicts of interest.

Question 6

What was teh divorce motivation to break with rome

Answer 6

THe entire thing was started with Henry’s aims to achieve an annulment from Catherine of Aragon
This started the dodgy tensions with the Pope at Blackfriars in 1529 as well as being the primary motivation for the creation of a new church - for Henry to not have to abide by the Catholic rules of annulment.

Question 7

What was T Cromwell’s personal beliefs?

Answer 7

Largely unknown, although we know he had lutheran sympathies.

Question 8

What acts did cromwell pass furthering the protestant doctrine?

Answer 8

Act of Succession 1534
1536 injuctions
1535 Valor Ecclesiasticus

Question 9

How did the Succession act further protestant doctrine?

Answer 9

Ensured protestant lineage
Ensured the divorce, which was crucial to the break
Everyone had to sign an oath to Henry and Anne, which reinforced royal supremacy, a non-catholic idea.

Question 10

How did the 1536 injunctions enforce protestant doctrine?

Answer 10

All 3 injunctions were Protestant ideals
-Defeding royal supremacy
-Abandoning pilgrimage
-Teaching the sacraments

Question 11

How did the valor ecclesiasticus further protestant belief?

Answer 11

Commissioned by Cromwell directly
Led to the dissolution of the monasteries from 1536-39 which was ke to removing the catholic doctrine in england
Monastic traditions promoted praying for the souls of the living and dead, which went against the sola scriptura and sola fide doctrines.

Question 12

What did Cranmer pass?

Answer 12

Act of 10 Articles in 1536
Promoted catholic beliefs, such as transubstantiation, and protestant ones, such as sola fide.

Question 13

What happened following Cromwell’s fall?

Answer 13

6 articles
Anne Askew
K Howard marriage

Question 14

What was Anne Askew

Answer 14

She denied transubstantiation and was burned at the stake in 1546

Question 15

Why was the K Howard marriage significant?

Answer 15

Showed the growing influence of the conservative Norfolk and gardiner factions who were strongly catholic.

Question 16

what were the 6 articles?

Answer 16

1539 - marked a shift towards catholic doctrine, moving towards transubstantiation and banning marriage of priests.

Question 17

What 3 core catholic ideas did Henry abandon?

Answer 17

Papal supremacy, sacraments, pilgrimage.

Question 18

Why is papal supremacy a key catholic idea?

Answer 18

The pope is the leader of catholicism, as granted to by Jesus when declaring him the descendant of St Peter.

Question 19

Why was the pope not a core protestant ideal?

Answer 19

Sola scriptura - the st peter jesus story was not included in hte bible so they didnt believe it, and Luther publicly disengaged with the pope in his 95 Thesis 1517

Question 20

How did they get rid of the pope in england?

Answer 20

1534 supremacy act
1533 act in restraint of appeals

Question 21

Why were sacraments such a key christian ideal?

Answer 21

They outlined the life and christian person should take and the different ways in which they should live

Question 22

Why were sacraments not a key protestant ideal?

Answer 22

Only 3 of them were mentioned in the scriptures - Baptism, Confirmation and eucharist (mass)

Question 23

How did henry transform the 3 remaining sacraments?

Answer 23

Allowed the leity to distribute the bread and wine during the eucharist
Introduced full submersion in the baptism
Protestants believed in consubstatniaon or real presence although this wasn’t implemented under henry VIII.

Question 24

What were the pilgrimages?

Answer 24

Pilgrimage was when catholics would visit religious shrines, or even as much as pray to their saints whilst walking around their city
Promoted lots of catholic belief, such as iconoclasm and the cult of saints.

Question 25

How was pilgrimage abandoned?

Answer 25

Pilgramage was abandoned in the 1536 injuctions
This included the destruction of Sir Thomas Beckett’s shrine in 1538
Pilrgamaw as not in the scripture!!!!!