Question

A similarity between Henry VIII and Martin Luther was that both formed new denominations that spread throughout Europe. were European monarchs who opposed the Catholic Church. were religious leaders who tried to change the Catholic Church. were excommunicated from the Catholic Church for their actions.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. Were excommunicated from the Catholic Church for their actions.

Explanation:

Henry VIII was a monarch that governed England from 1509 to 1547, this monarch was mainly known for his multiple marriages and for initiation the English Reformation which led to the separation of the Church of England from the Pope and the Roman Catholic Chuch. This was causes as Henry VIII asked the Pope to annul his first marriage with Catherine of Aragon, but the Pope rejected to do this, as a reaction Henry VIII decided to being the English Reformation and because of this he was excommunicated or excluded from the Catholic Church. On the other hand, Martin Luther was a theologian and monk that belonged to the Catholic Church but criticized the practices and teachings of it which he believed were corrupt, because of this Luther was also, excommunicated and became an important figure during the Reformation that ended in the creation of Protestant churches. Thus, a similarity between Henry VIII and Martin Luther was that both of them were excommunicated from the Catholic Church as they carried out actions that criticized practices and beliefs of this church.

Answer 2

The right answer is that both "were excommunicated from the Catholic Church for their actions".

Henry VIII was married to Catherine of Aragon, but he wanted to be separated from her and therefore made a request to divorce the church. The reason for the request was that his wife did not give him a man child, a situation that made it impossible for the Englishman to leave a descendant of himself in his place on the throne of England. Of Catherine's six children, only Princess Maria survived. The interest of Henry VIII was to marry Anne Boleyn, a lady of the court of England, and with her to have a son who would succeed him. As the Pope's request was not accepted, the English king declared his divorce from the Queen through a national court in 1533. A year later, Henry VIII was excommunicated by Clement VI.

Martin Luther wrote 95 theses criticizing some actions of the catholic church that spread by the European catholic world. In just two weeks, theses were translated into German and widely copied and printed. In such a way, in that period, it spread throughout the region of Germany and, in the next two months, conquered much of Europe. Although the Pope had not been questioned directly by Martin Luther's 95 Theses, nor as to authority or indulgences, the response was severe and rapid. Luther was called a drunken German who was not aware of what he wrote for the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church. And the Pope continued to press, demanding that Martin Luther withdraw his writings in 1520. Luther refused to annul his writings and was excommunicated in 1521 and came to be regarded as an outlaw by Emperor Charles I of Spain.