Why did Henry VIII come into conflict with the pope?
A.
Henry wanted England to become a Protestant nation.
B.
Henry wanted to remove the pope as head of the Church.
C.
The pope refused to annul Henry's marriage and allow him to remarry.
D.
The pope was angry about England's defeat of the Spanish armada.
C. The pope refused to annul Henry's marriage and allow him to remarry.
It would be C
The correct answer is C. The pope refused to annul Henry's marriage and allow him to remarry.
Henry VIII came into conflict with the pope because he wanted to end his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Since Catherine had not produced a male heir, Henry sought an annulment from the pope. However, the pope, influenced by political pressure and Catherine's powerful nephew, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, refused to grant the annulment. This led Henry to take matters into his own hands and separate the English Church from the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. He declared himself the head of the newly established Church of England and dissolved monasteries, seizing their wealth to support his cause. Thus, the conflict between Henry VIII and the pope was primarily centered around the refusal of the annulment of his marriage.