The Act of Supremacy

The Act of Supremacy states that the King has judicial power over the Church of England. He has the power to accept and reject laws as well as form them himself. However, the act clearly states that all spiritual authority is given to God and that the Parliament was not giving the King a title, but simply acknowledging an established fact. When the King dies, this power is given to his heirs.

The cause of this act is that King Henry, the one who wrote it wanted to get a divorce from his wife Catherine but the pope couldn't divorce the two so the king made this so he would be able to make all the decisons for himself and the kingdom.

The effects was that Henry was declared the supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church instead of the pope and conflicts between protestant and catholic leaders rose.

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