Note: This document was NOT assigned as a primary document source to be analyzed by students!
Issued by Henry VIII, this document marks England's official break with the Catholic Church. Although Henry had already force most English church leaders to renounce the authority of the pope, this document makes the monarch the head of the newly formed Church of England. Failure to recognize the king as the rightful head of the Church of England was treason and could be punished by death.
Quote: "Albeit the king's majesty firstly and rightfully is and ought to be the supreme head of the Church of England, and so is recognized by the clergy of this realm in their convocations."
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