Thomas Cranmer was the archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, Edward VI, and, briefly, under Mary I. He worked for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. As head of the Church in England, he pushed for an annulment, which he ended up issuing and married Henry and Anne Boleyn, a marriage which he fully supported. He published the first English Holy Communion service and enacted many reforms under Edward VI, to bring the English church more in line with the protestants. He was imprisoned under Mary I for over two years, and actually recanted at the end, appearing to want to return to Rome. So he died as a protestant martyr.
No, Thomas Aquinas was one of the greatest theologians and saints of the Catholic Church.
He opposed Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church.
He opposed Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church.
Henry was helped by thomas cranmer and thomas cromwell, his two protestant advisors.
.Catholic AnswerThe Lutheran Ecclesial Community did not "break away" from the Catholic Church. It was founded by Martin Luther, a heretic who left the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century and was excommunicated.
He was the Lord Chancellor of England. When Henry VIII wanted to break from the Catholic Church & start the Anglican Church, Thomas More opposed it, & was subsequently Martyred by being beheaded.
Christians did not break away from the Catholic Church, they remained Christians, protestants broke away from the Catholic Church in the 16th century.
No king has ever replaced a pope as head of the Catholic Church. Henry VIII did break from the Catholic Church and formed what is the Church of England but which is not a Catholic Church as it is not in union with Rome.
Roman Catholic AnswerHenry VIII did not break with the Catholic Church for money.
No, The Roman Catholic Church is the original Catholic Church. The Orthodox Church is not a "break-away" church. The only churches that broke away are the "Protestant" Churches. God be with you! If by 'original Catholic' you mean the original church founded by Jesus Christ and His Apostles, then most certainly yes, although there are some common beliefs.
The Great Schism
Actually, the Lutheran Church did not technically "break off" from the Catholic Church. The Lutheran Church was made up out of whole cloth by the princes of northern Germany in 1517, I believe.