HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Henry VIII
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Charles V
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Leo X
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Edward VI
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Martin Luther issued grievances about the Catholic Church in 1517, King Henry VIII took it upon himself to personally repudiate the arguments of the Protestant Reformation leader. The pope rewarded Henry with the lofty title of Fidei Defensor, or Defender of the Faith.
Detailed explanation-2: -He objected not only to the church’s greed but to the very idea of indulgences. He did not believe the Catholic Church had the power to pardon people sins. Rather, Luther thought that salvation could be achieved only through God’s mercy. No one needed to seek or buy salvation through the church.
Detailed explanation-3: -Henry VIII: Defender of the Faith? In 1521, five hundred years ago this year, King Henry VIII was awarded the title ‘Defender of the Faith’ for his defence of the Catholic Church against the threat of Martin Luther.
Detailed explanation-4: -In January 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther. Three months later, Luther was called to defend his beliefs before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms, where he was famously defiant. For his refusal to recant his writings, the emperor declared him an outlaw and a heretic.
Detailed explanation-5: -The title was first conferred by Pope Leo X on Henry VIII (Oct. 11, 1521) as a reward for the king’s pamphlet Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum (“Declaration of the Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther”), written against Luther.