Was Henry VIII Really Protestant?

King Henry VIII broke from Rome, dissolved the monasteries, and declared himself Supreme Head of the Church in England, so he was a Protestant, wasn't he?

Not quite.

In this video, we explore:

• Why Henry VIII broke with the Pope, and it wasn't about theology
• His 1521 book defending the Catholic sacraments against Martin Luther
• The Act of Supremacy and what it really meant
• The Six Articles and the continued persecution of Protestants
• What changed under Henry—and what stayed Catholic
• The king’s final days and the beliefs he clung to on his deathbed