Why Henry wanted to dissolve the Catholic church Flashcards
Church services
Everybody should be able to understand them so change them into English
Sins
People should only be forgiven by god not indulgences
The Bible
The bible should be in English
Leadership
How could a pope in Rome know what the English want
Henry wanted an heir
The church didn’t want to grant Henry to get divorced and Anne boleyn was pregnant
Concerns about religion
Protestants believed the Catholic church was corrupt
Henry wished for power
German leaders were breaking away from the pope and gained power
Power
People who bought the monasteries land would be loyal to him
Money
The monasteries had a lot of land and land was worth a lot of money
Religion
Monks are breaking the paths that they swore on the bible
Not needed
There were hardly any monks in some monasteries