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King Henry VIII was given the title of Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X as a recognition of his pamphlet "Sacramentorum Adversus Martinum Lutherum" which is "Declaration of the Seven Sacraments against Martin Luther" which of course meant it was meant as a defence of the Catholic religion, Pope Paul III deprived him of this title, which is only natural, when he defied the Church and divorced Catherine of Aragon.
He restored this title for himself and his posterity in 1544, of course the Faith defended was no longer the Roman Catholic Church.
The Anglican Church is still a Catholic church, catholic meaning universal, it is just not
Roman Catholic.
I believe that Henry at the time had purely selfish reasons (as Iowabelle said so well)
and these selfish reasons were the basis for the break with Rome and the Pope´authority, but not a break with the religion he was brought up in
He restored this title for himself and his posterity in 1544, of course the Faith defended was no longer the Roman Catholic Church.
The Anglican Church is still a Catholic church, catholic meaning universal, it is just not
Roman Catholic.
I believe that Henry at the time had purely selfish reasons (as Iowabelle said so well)
and these selfish reasons were the basis for the break with Rome and the Pope´authority, but not a break with the religion he was brought up in