Papal corruption, the print press, the Renaissance, and personal ambitions all played an influence in religious reform. ... According to Cardinal Campeggio, Henry VIII asked him to pressure Pope Clement VII to announce that the king's previous marriage to Catherine of Aragon was null and voice through the Divine Law1. When Pope Clement refused because Pope Julius II had granted King Henry VIII dispensation to marry Catherine in the first place, Henry contemplated splitting from the church solely to fulfill his matrimonial plans. ... He was not inclined to Protestantism, but he renounce...

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