In short, I said that the in the realm of authority, the Pope has none in this area, and that the king should be able to make such decisions without papal interference. To my surprise, I did not know those words would actually reach Henry VIII. In 1532 I was appointed as a resident ambassador to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. I followed Charles through Italy, and saw firsthand the effects of the protestant reformation. You can see the trajectory change in my thoughts as I move towards adopting Lutheran principles by the progress in my personal life. I took a wife named Margaret, which in turn set aside the vow to celibacy I …show more content…
On May 28, I approved of Henry’s marriage to Boleyn and anointed her queen just days later. When Pope Clement VII learned of this matter, he was furious. Clement provisionally excommunicated Henry and all of his staff, including myself. I went from scholar to reformer in a matter of months. I was not widely accepted among the other bishops in the area. This made doing business exceptionally difficult. I was an exceptional scholar but was not much of a politician . Thomas Cromwell became the King’s personal assistant on ministerial affairs at this