“[B]e it enacted, by authority of this present Parliament, that the king . . . shall be taken, accepted, and reputed the only su
preme head in earth of the Church of England . . . and shall have and enjoy, annexed and united to the imperial crown of this realm . . . said dignity of the supreme head of the same Church . . .” The English Parliament issued this Act in order to
A. strengthen ties between Elizabeth I and Parliament.
B. allow the second marriage of Henry VIII.
C. assert the authority of Parliament over James I.
D. restore Charles II to the throne.
The correct answer is B) allow the second marriage of Henry VIII.
The English Parliament issued this Act in order to allow the second marriage of Henry VIII.
The name of this act was the Supremacy Act and was passed in 1534. With the passage of the act, the British Parliament named King Henry VIII "Supreme Head of the Church of England." The split with the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church was done. Henry had it his way. The annulled his former marriage with Catherine de Aragon and married her second wife Anne Bolen.
