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Carla Nicholson Martin Luther and King Henry VIII compare and contrast motives and actions

Martin Luther -slavation by faith alone -rejection of indulgences and transubstantiation -desire for more personal relationship with God -appealed to the people (individualism of the Renaissance) for support -95 Theses (complaints against the church) -Edict of Worms (defended his views, despite being made an outlaw in the empire) -Leipzig Debates with Johann Eck (denied authority of the pope) -challenged the authority of the Church by maintaining that all doctrines and dogmata of the Church not found in Scripture should be discarded -inspired other Reformation movements (Calvinism,...) -did not aprove of radical actions of Peasants' War

Henry VIII -spoke/wrote badly of Luther's actions -felt England was treated unfairly by Roman church -mistress: Anne Boleyn -no male heir, wanted to divorce wife -church would not allow divorce, created Church of England -king as head of Church of England (Act of Supremacy) -Treason Act (punishable by death to deny that the king was supremehead of the church) -Ecclesiastical Appointments Act required the clergy to elect bishops nominated by the Sovereign -most ideology was in accord with Catholic Church -defended the sacraments