LanceHughes -> RE: Concession Of England To The Pope. 1213 (4/20/2010 9:44:53 AM)
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You cant just stand up and make an announcement to nullify a contract and think its actually going to happen!!!! Yes you can, you sure as fuck can when you are the king of a medieval state...you can do whatever the fuck you want, you can announce or renounce anything you fucking well please and guess what....that's the law. When Henry renounced allegiance to Rome it was fact, there was no need of a document or anything other than the king's word...that's how it worked back then. You are correct that there was no formal repudiation of Rome, but Henry declared himself supreme head of the church in England and renounced papal authority...ergo John's little dalliance as a papal fief was no longer valid. In fact, if I am not mistaken Edward I (John's grandson) never did fealty to the Pope on his ascension to the throne, thus he rejected Papal superiority long before Henry. Why I come actually LOOKING for a train wreck, I'll never know...... A simple google search comes up with the following reference to a DOCUMENT: In March 1534 the Pope eventually made his decision. He announced that Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn was invalid. Henry reacted by declaring that the Pope no longer had authority in England. In November 1534, Parliament passed an act that stated that Henry VIII was now the Head of the Church of England. Y'all can take it from there. Play nice, boys. I'm outta here.
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