When the Protestant Reformation comes to England, it will travel with the English to their colonies in the New World

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Reform means to make changes to re form ation.

• When the Protestant Reformation comes to England,
  it will travel with the English to their colonies
  in the New World
• and
• down through time to
• modern day America to influence you and your
  life.

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King Arthur but not the Arthur of the Camelot
stories.
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Princess Catherine of Aragon (Spain)
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Dispense- to give out. Pharmacists dispense
medicine.

• To summarize- Arthur, is the heir to Englands
  throne. He is engaged to marry the youngest
  princess of the newly united Spain.
• Catherine moves to England at 15 years old. They
  are married a few years later but do not
  consummate the marriage (have sex).
• Arthur dies. His younger brother Henry will now
  be the King of England.
• Several years later, when Henry is of age, he
  wants a papal dispensation to marry his brothers
  widow one of his claims is that there is
  biblical precedent in the Law of Moses (the Old
  Testament).

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King Henry VIII
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Queen Catherine of England
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Math term- see the word NULL as in a null (empty)
set.

• Annul- to cancel or void.
• It means to think/act as if the thing never
  happened in the first place. In the case of a
  marriage, you are now single once again and free
  to marry someone else.
• This is just the Church. You may still need a
  civil (government) divorce.

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Anne Boleyn Who refused to be his mistress- she
would only accept Henry if he married her.
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The Oath of Supremacy
Supreme means highest ranking suprem acy

• The King of England is the Supreme Head of the
  Church of England. You had to pledge allegiance
  to him in a religious sense.
• This made England a THEOCRATIC MONARCHY. Recall
  Islam and The Papal States.
• Since Jesus appointed Peter His Successors to
  lead the Church- this is heresy (wrong thinking).
  The Pope is the true leader of the Church. Any
  other person claiming to be the leader, is wrong.

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(1469- 1535)
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Marriage annulled before she could have kids.
Beheaded for alleged adultery.
Died from complications of childbirth.

• More of Henry VIIIs unfortunate wives.

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• the one who outlived him.
• FYI-
• the widow of a king does not rule in her own
  right as the queen. The next generation becomes
  the king generation.

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Queen Catherine her daughter
Queen Mary I
Remember- she was kept locked away until her
natural death.
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Anne her daughter Queen
Elizabeth I Boleyn
Remember- she was beheaded for alleged treason.
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Summary

• Henry VIII was a Defender of the Faith who spoke
  out against the Protestant Reformation UNTIL he
  wanted an annulment of his legitimate marriage to
  Catherine of Aragon.
• So, Henry broke with the Catholic Church and
  declared himself to be the Supreme Head of the
  Church of England. Then, he granted himself his
  divorce.
• One took an oath to support his supremacy OR
  accepted martyrdom like saints Bishop John Fisher
  and Thomas More.

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The Aftermath- what happened next?

• The Catholic Queen, Mary, and
• the Protestant (Church of England) Queen,
  Elizabeth,
• are going to fight a civil war for years over the
  throne. Each has her supporters. When Elizabeth
  is in power, the ruling class is anti-Catholic.
  They kill priests, nuns monks, wealthy
  Catholics and confiscate their property.
• Certainly some of the Catholics fought to defend
  their faith. But, most people involved in this,
  especially on the Protestant side, fought for
  political or economic gain.

So, who wins this civil war over religion?
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the Protestant Elizabeth wins.
The current queen of England is Elizabeth II.

• This explains why the colonists that come to
  settle in the New World Colonies (USA) are
  anti-Catholic.
• Economics is still partially driving this
  anti-Catholic sentiment. You dont own land in
  the New World without a charter or deed from the
  Protestant King.

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It explains something else
Do you pray in a public school classroom?

• The colonists who abandon England are unhappy
  with the theocratic monarchy.
• When they have a chance to design their own
  government, they deliberately write its
  constitution to keep Church and State separate.
  Sound familiar?