The Anti-Papal Rhetoric of Henry VIII

The anti-papal rhetoric with Henry VIII was a recapitulation of what certain English kings had done in the past to suit their convenience/nThomas Cranmer believed that the king was God's representative on earth and that the Pope was claiming to be head of the church hence he must be anti-Christ/nCranmer's thought centered around a simple syllogism where if the king was head of the church, the Pope was not