History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . m. iii! IHi Im^iM^^iMiwmw. ^^.>^f*^ MARRIAGE OF HENRY VII. Strife, if the legitimatizing of and succession to the throne ofCatherines issue were possibly questioned, gave the king thelead. In 1534 Catholic and Protestant alike installed byoverwhelming vote the profligate debauchee as head of thechurch—in intent an English Pope endowed with Papalpower, including the right to divorce. Though this was atheart a Papal King who reigned, Lutheran doctrines gainedground through the change. Henry VIII h
History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . m. iii! IHi Im^iM^^iMiwmw. ^^.>^f*^ MARRIAGE OF HENRY VII. Strife, if the legitimatizing of and succession to the throne ofCatherines issue were possibly questioned, gave the king thelead. In 1534 Catholic and Protestant alike installed byoverwhelming vote the profligate debauchee as head of thechurch—in intent an English Pope endowed with Papalpower, including the right to divorce. Though this was atheart a Papal King who reigned, Lutheran doctrines gainedground through the change. Henry VIII heeled his peopleso closely that, to curry favor with the king, some of thenobility built their manor houses in the form of an H, in 30 HISTORY OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS substance saying Your Majesty, you are ever with us in thehouse; we built it after thee. A strange anomaly was this Pope-King, Henry the VIII,under whose reign both Roman Catholic and Puritan waxedstrong. The hand that reached out to accept the NewTestament from Hugh Latimer and that signed the orderfor the Coverdale Bible to be placed in each par
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