Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...

According to the Roman Catholic tradition of apostolic succession, Peter was the first pope appointed by Christ. The line of ...

Now that Henry VIII is head of the Church of England, and he’s taking down the monasteries and cutting off funds to the papacy, he’s clearly not part of the Catholic Church headed by the Pope.

His book refuting the heresies of Luther which he presented to the Pope gained him the new title Fidei Defensor ... who survived her husband. The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took ...