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All of these Protestant leaders should be grouped together except:Henry VIIIMartin LutherJohn CalvinJohn KnoxHuldrych Zwingli
Henry VIIIThe others were trying to reform the basic tenets of belief, Henry just reformed the church for his own personal reasons.
Henry VIIIThe others were trying to reform the basic tenets of belief, Henry just reformed the church for his own personal reasons.
One could also say that the type of Protestantism of Henry VIII's Anglican Church was different from the other mainline Protestant denominations. FWIW, Wikipedia mentions "By the mid 17th century the Church of England ...came to be seen as comprising a distinct Christian tradition with theologies, structures and forms of worship representing a middle ground, or via media, between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism." So Henry VIII's break from Rome was different from the break of Luther & friends.
Gotta go with Henry VIII. There is not a lot of difference between the rights and beliefs of Anglicans and Roman Catholics. The main difference is about the primacy of the Pontiff in liturgical matters. Plus Henry VIII only broke from the church so he could get divorced, he had no pressing belief that the church was wrong only practical political necessity.
I think his desire for a divorce was a start, but not the end all. Henry VIII also wanted the money from the monasteries, see Dissolution of the Monasteries, for defense purposes.Some differences between Catholics, Anglicans, and Protestants: Catholics had the pope as supreme authority, Protestants had no single authority other than scripture, and Henry VIII made himself head of the Church of England.
I think his desire for a divorce was a start, but not the end all. Henry VIII also wanted the money from the monasteries, see Dissolution of the Monasteries, for defense purposes.
As I said, Henry VIII's split from the church was done more for political and practical reasons than any great schism or difference in religious belief or practice. That is one reason the basic institutions of the Anglican church are so similar to catholicism's
