Vatican sells facsimiles of Henry VIII letter that led to schism with Rome
23rd June 2009
Can action figures be far behind? And perhaps some cute scratch-off game at McDonald’s….
The Vatican announced that 200 copies of the elaborately decorated parchment from 1530, which bore an appeal by English peers to Pope Clement VII asking for the annulment of Henry’s marriage, would go on sale for 50,000 euros (£43,000) each.
Boy, history don’t come cheap.
June 23rd, 2009 at 16:46
Where can I get a copy of Henry’s article condemning the Reformation that earned him the title “Defender of the Faith” (from the Pope no less)?
Too bad Cardinal Woolsey could’t give Henry an annulment, like the Roman Church did for a Kennedy a few centuries latter.
Sola Fides, Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratias