Geneza schizmy religijnej Henryka VIII w Anglii

Zygmunt S. Zalewski

doi:10.31648/ep.6136

Published: 2020-12-011

No. XXI/1 (2020)

The origins of Henry VIII’s religious schism in England

Zygmunt S. Zalewski

Echa Przeszłości

Section: ARTICLES

https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.6136

Abstract

Christianity was adopted gradually by the chieftains of Anglo-Saxon tribes in the 7^th and 8^th centuries, and it was a crucial factor in facilitating the civilizational advancement of these societies. Christianity enabled Egbert, King of Wessex (802-839), to transform the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy into a state. However, after Hildebrand of Soana became Pope Gregory VII, the relationship between the rulers of England and the Roman Curia changed, which shifted the balance of power that had been established during the rule of Wessex and Norman (Danish) dynasties. In Dictatus Papae, Gregory VII argued for the universal sovereignty of the papacy and the supremacy of ecclesiastical authority over secular rule, and his papalist doctrine became a source of considerable controversy. His treatise marks the beginning of a gradual breakdown in consensual cooperation between the secular authorities in London and the clergy in Rome. The royal policy of eliminating Rome's overwhelming influence on the internal affairs of the state, the indifference of English ecclesiastical hierarchy towards the social role of the Church, which resulted largely from their ignorance of how the Anglo-Saxon society functioned, as well as a series of intertwining circumstances led to Henry VIII’s split from Rome and the creation of the Anglican Church in the 16^th century.

Keywords:

John Wycliffe, Lollards, Thomas Wolsey, John Colet, Henry VIII

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