You wrote:
“Henry VIII rightly asked why sovereign England should be paying money to Rome.”
Nonsense. Henry asked himself, “Why shouldn’t I steal what is given to the Church?”
“His correct answer was — it shouldn’t be.”
Who says? Why shouldn’t the Catholics of England give money to the Catholci Church? Who was Henry to say otherwise? Don’t say, “He was the king.” That doesn’t mean Henry had the right to rob his people or the Church.
It is amazing how Protestants ignore or excuse robbery and murder as long as it was against the Catholics.
I can't ignore or excuse the robbery and murder against the Catholic Church. It was one of the innovative "traditions" that *should* have been rejected, but wasn't.