Question

Which of the following statements explains the major cause of the English Reformation? (1 point)

Answer Choices
the pope's refusal to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon

Henry VIII's condemnation of Martin Luther's teachings

Mary I's execution of the Archbishop of Canterbury

the violence resulting from Mary I's reinstatement of Catholicism in England

Answer 1

the pope's refusal to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon

Henry’s break with Rome over the pope’s refusal led him to declare himself head of the Church of England (Act of Supremacy), creating the English Reformation.