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Anne Marie Parkinson motives and actions of Luther and King Henry VIII to bring religious change during the Reformation

Luther Henry VIII
 * Motives
 * against the sale of indulgences
 * especially when Pope Leo X sold indulgences to pay for Saint Peter's Basilica
 * Actions
 * 95 Theses
 * posted bc angry at sale of indulgences (especially by Pope Leo X to pay for Saint Peter's Basilica)
 * Leipzig Debates
 * oppenent=Johann Eck
 * Edict of Worms
 * By Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
 * Called to recant his 95 Thesis, didn't show, declared a heretic, and exiled
 * Lutheranism
 * 2 sacrements: Baptism and Communion
 * bible=sole authority, not the Church
 * Justification: salvation thought faith alone, not just by good deeds
 * Transubstaniation: bread and wine=body and blood of Jesus
 * Motives:
 * divorce from Catherine of Aragon, who only produced a female child, Mary, bc:
 * in love with Anne Boleyn
 * wanted **male heir
 * Actions:
 * Cardinal Wolsey expose to get the divorce but failed
 * Pope Clement VII denied the request for divorce bc needed support from Charlex V(Holy Roman Emperor)
 * replaced by Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Cranmer (archbishop)
 * Henry seperates form the Catholic Church and est. the Chuch of England, got divorce here
 * Act of Supremacy: king=head of the Church of England
 * Treason Act: punishable by death to deny the king as head of the church

Thesis: Luther and King Henry VIII had similar actions in contributing to the Reformation, such as leaving the Catholic Church legally and leaving it mentally, yet their motives differed in that Henry VIII did it for self-fish reasons and Luther did it as a revolt against the corruption.