Henry VIII Flips the Pope the Bird
Nov 6 · 3 min read

The Act of Supremacy, which declared King Henry VIII head of the newly minted Church of England, had a lot more to do with politics than it had to do with theology. It was spurred on by Henry’s complicated, Jerry Springer-worthy personal life and the urgent need to sire a male heir. Henry lost his shit when the Pope — after years of stalling — refused to grant him an annulment from his wife, Katherine of Aragon, so he could wed…

