
HoP 418 - Diarmaid MacCulloch on the British Reformations
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Henry VIII and the English Reformation
Henry VIII in before he'd followed with Pope defended traditional Catholicism. Luther was furious and wrote a furious reply the king hated that so they never had much of a relationship. Other figures who became Lutherans did appeal to Henry the great Philip Malangchiton for instance whom Henry tried to get to England. But the English Reformation really never went down a Lutheran path its roots were going to be elsewhere.
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