The political wars between France and Germany over Italy also meant that nobody could actually enforce the sentence. The Pope decided to wait because of small signs that Henry may eventually be reasonable and return to obedience. The Emperor Henry iv of Germany was given a similar opportunity after the Pope had actually refused his attempts to reconcile. He was Excommunicated but did public penance and submitted. I assume that the fact Henry married Jane Seymour and was reconciled with his daughter, Mary, both devoted Catholics gave Paul hope for his redemption.
However, Henry did worse and worse crimes against the Holy Church and his people, even after killing the most respected men and women in England, including Thomas More and John Fisher and the Holy Nun of Kent, even after his disposal of Anne. Henry ironically was even worse in the next decade. A courier was actually sent to him with the final decision of his Excommunication.
He remained basically Catholic and strict Catholic measures were enforced in the Six Articles. Henry was as strict about the persecution of people he saw as heretics, who followed a wide variety of reformed beliefs as well as some odd ones as he was about persecuting anyone who disagreed with his new monarchy and Supremacy.
However, right at the end of his life he died in the Faith of Christ and in the hope of mercy. That we leave to God. What he did was terrible but it is not for us to judge. His Excommunication, however, was perfectly valid. God save the King that One! God will neither save the King or Queen of England or those before them. Peter became the first Pope and the disciples, the first Bishops.
Christ did not give Luther or King Henry authority to establish their own churches. JEsus Christ died a devout Essene Jew. PAul being a Roman had no problem with that as many Emperors were declared Gods.
PAul invented Christianity basically. WE should really all be Jews. You need to learn some History, Larry. Especially of the Papacy. The reformation in England was just that, a re-forming of the of the Church Catholick Even the Pope of the time commented that the Book of Common Prayer, whose rites are taken from the Gallican rites which predate the Roman rights.
There was an Diocesan Church in England long before Augustine ever saw these shores with diocese and sees organised. It was Augustine who never moved outside Canterbury who wrote to the Pope about the existing English Church and was told to encourage them to get on with it.
Apart from the fact that all three of you sound quite ridiculous in the 21st century, it is God who judges all men and women equally, from every generation and if Henry died repenting then God will forgive him and it is He who decides who is worthy of Heaven and not any person on earth. The Excommunication was valid as it was delivered by a representative of the Pope and read out from the Chair of Saint Peter, before witnesses and following all the proper processes.
In most things he remained Catholic. He proclaimed faith at the end by a sign and he trusted in the mercy of God. The salvation of an individual does not affect the next generation.
We are all responsible for our own mistakes and decisions. Henry Viii was not the father of the scientific method, although he encouraged technology, art, advanced methods of building and men of science and learning. He made his own choice and he took a great gamble.
Fortunately for Henry, Francis I and Charles V were both too busy fighting each other to invade and enforce the sentence of excommunication which deprived him of his throne. Sad, really. Hmm… History has a trick of being seen in a distorting mirror. Henry was definitely not a nice chap. On January 5, , construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers began excavating 3. Following the Gold Rush boom that began in , speculators realized the land north of San Francisco Bay would In all, Ruth had played six seasons with the Red Sox, leading them to three World On January 5, , President Harry S.
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Vietnam War. World War II. Henry kept pursuing Anne, and pushing Katherine of Aragon aside. That sentence was suspended, hoping that Henry would stop pursuing religious reforms, and return to Katherine.
Eventually it became clear that Henry was set on his own path, and today in Henry was officially excommunicated. Remember you can dive deeper into life in 16th century England through the Renaissance English History Podcast at englandcast.
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