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THE
HISTOEY OF HERESIES
AND
THEIR REFUTATION.
CHAPTER XII.
THE HERESIES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY-(CONTINUED).
ARTICLE I.
THE SCHISM OF ENGLAND.
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THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII.
1.- Religion of England previous to the Reformation. 2. -Henry VIII.
marries Catherine of Arragon, but becomes enamoured of Anna Boleyn.
3.~The wicked Wolsey suggests the invalidity of the marriage Incon
tinence of Anna Boleyn ; suspicion that she was the daughter of Henry.
4.-Calvin refuses to have his cause tried by English Judges ; "VVolscy is
made prisoner, and dies at Leicester. 5.-Henry seizes on the property
of the Church, and marries Anna Boleyn. 6.-He obliges the Clergy to
swear obedience to him, and Cranmer declares the marriage of Catherine
invalid. 7.-The Pope declares Anna Boleyn s marriage invalid, and
excommunicates Henry, who declares himself Head of the Church. 8. -He
persecutes Pole, and puts More and Fisher to death. 9. -The Pope
declares Henry unworthy of the kingdom ; the King puts Anna Boleyn
to death, and marries Jane Seymour. lO.-The Parliament decides on six
Articles of Faith ; the bones of St. Thomas of Canterbury are burned ; Jane
Seymour dies in giving birth to Edward VI. 11.-The Pope endeavours to
bring Henry to a sense of his duty, but does not succeed. 12.-He marries
Anne of Cleves; Cromwell is put to death. 13.-Henry marries Catherine
Howard, whom he afterwards put to death, and then marries Catherine Parr.
14.-His remorse in his last sickness. 15.-He makes his will, and dies.
1. The history of England cannot be read without tears,
when we see that nation, formerly the most zealous in Europe
for Catholicity, now become its persecuting enemy. Who will
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