The Six Articles halt the Reformation
1539 · Event
Having taken the church's headship and its land, Henry slams the brakes on its doctrine: the Six Articles reassert transubstantiation, clerical celibacy and confession, with burning for those who deny them. England's Reformation is revealed as the king's own hybrid — Catholic theology without the pope — and stays so until his death.
On these timelines: Henry VIII's Break with Rome, England, The Reformation, Christianity, United Kingdom (combined)
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- Execution of Anne Boleyn (1536)
- Execution of Thomas More (1535)
- Cromwell becomes the king's chief minister (1532)
- Execution of Thomas Cromwell (1540)
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