A King, by law and creed, is ordained by God. That is to say, the kings of England would have been ordained by a Roman Catholic Cardinal in the days prior to Henry VIII. During the reign of King Henry VIII, the Mother church came under heretical attack when Henry waged an all-out war against God merely to justify his selfish desires, a battle which then became a war between good and evil. Henry, no doubt of the opinion that he had more power and control than did God, Himself, sought to bring down the one true church founded by Jesus Christ in a un-Christian, self-absorbed fit of rage, owing to his obstinate disagreement with the Roman Catholic rulings on marriage and divorce. A habitual divorcer of innocently charged victims, King Henry VIII Tudor blasphemed himself out of God's good graces and into the hellish pit of self-destruction and heresy. He had boldly ignored God's commands and the Will of Jesus Christ and created a new church, to be under his rule, and forever under the rule and charge of the Kings and Queens of England; the Anglican Church, the protestant form of Catholicism removed from the Mother church and breaking with all apostolic ties to Rome.

Public Act 28, House of Lords, an Act extinguishing the authority of the Bishop of Rome - 1536. (National Archives U.K.- Henry VIII Documents) In the archives also is found the Act of Attainder by Henry VIII put out against Thomas More for his actions against the king. The laws were cast, as were the shadows of doom.

There is, however, more reason to this separation than merely Henry's rift with the Holy Church. Married to Katherine of Aragon at the time, VIII wanted a divorce as Katherine could not seem to bear any more children after Mary, later Queen of Scots, and half-sister to Elizabeth I (and others including my ancestor.) and, of course, he wanted a male heir to the throne. The Roman Catholic Church, today, allows divorce under certain conditions, the foremost being having the marriage "annulled." Unfortunately, the problem for Henry did not lie within the Church, but with Katherine's parents who were King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile. Ferdinand was ruler of Spain and had control of other rulers, including the Roman Catholic Pontiff, at the time Pope Leo X. Katherine had been married previously to Henry's brother, Arthur, but became widowed upon his passing and was then courted by Henry which culminated to marriage, one child, and a series of stillbirths and miscarriages. Ferdinand, referred to as "the Catholic," would have been responsible for the Pope's decision not to grant Henry's divorce from his [Ferdinand's] daughter. Henry, in turn, may have suspected that this was the case.

Christian's, as a whole, have been persecuted since Jesus Christ prophesied this truth according to Matthew 10:22: You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. Today, as in centuries earlier, Christianity is harshly being condemned and Christian's persecuted because of their faith and belief in Jesus Christ, fulfilling the prophecy.

There were three crusades in the name of Christianity and terrible atrocities were committed both on behalf of Christianity and against it. The Plantagenet warriors, themselves, devout Roman Catholics, fought bravely against the persecution of Christians and Christian lands, and the Tudors, prior to Henry VIII, also devout Roman Catholics, and also committed to perservering Christianity in the name of the Lord.

Within the Catholic church, itself, there have been schizmatic and heretical divisions, all, assumedly, resulting from disagreements, opinions, and egos, and even the Catholic clergy, themselves, neither always innocent nor victim, had been caught up in an endless, powerful struggle over the faith.

Over the centuries men and women fought wars over faith. It was a Roman Catholic woman, Joan of Arc, who led her countrymen into battle, guided by the voices of Saints. Joan victoriously led the epic siege of Orléans in 1429 against the English, driving them from the land, and,thus, claimed her title "Maid of Orleans." Because of her victory a new King claimed the throne in place of Henry V of England: Charles VII of France. However, King Charles did not come to Joan's rescue after she had been, supposedly, declared heretical and condemned by a Church tribunal in January of 1431 to be burnt at the stake as a "witch." Those charges were errant and continue to be retold despite that it was, in truth, the Bible that had brought the Maid of Orleans to her martyrdom. Joan had dressed like a male knight during the battle, for which she gave a legitimate explanation. However, the Catholic faith and those in good standing with the Lord, demanded God's Word be applied. The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God." -Deuteronomy 22:5. Henry V, VI, and VII were all Roman Catholic. Henry VIII, born a Roman Catholic, would become the only king of England to take it upon himself to, literally, destroy the Christian faith as it came from Christ, the founder of the faith and of, what was to be, the one Holy Church. Because Henry disapproved of the way the Pope handled his situation, he went on a rampage and brought about the Reformation in 1584, divorcing England from the Roman Catholic faith...and this he did because he felt like it.

So, then, what turned Henry VIII into a man without a soul; a, seemingly, heartless ogre? Was it greed? Ego? Was it the fact that he was King of England and acknowledged himself worthy of worship equal to the Almighty One? Was it the fact that he wanted an heir so badly that he would succumb to any negative measures enabling that outcome? Or, was his wickedness owing to a jousting injury to the head, or a disease known as "Kell's disease" which may have afflicted his maternal grandmother, Queen Mother, Jacquetta of Luxembourg (Woodville and mother-in-law of Edward IV)? As he aged, Henry became darkness itself. His wickedness as a person aged him ahead of his time as illness ravaged every part of his portly body, though, aside from his wickedness and cruelty, he did brandish some fruitful accomplishments during his reign. Today, the Anglican/Episcopal Church in England remains as, perhaps, the single enduing legacy of Henry VIII. And while his successors have loyally followed suit, no other king or queen has seemed to take exception to the schizmatic fate heaved upon the original Church of Christ, nor the heretical behavior within the Church of England that has since strayed beyond the limitations of the faith as taught by Jesus Christ, straying further from the Word. Queen Elizabeth I, during her popular reign, carried on her father's tradition of heading the Church of England, and, like him, she disavowed any who opposed her, including Sir Leonard Dacre, a staunch Roman Catholic who disapproved not only of the Queen's disposal of the Dacre lands and dwellings in what he felt to be an unjust and inappropriate manner, but, also, he disapproved of her church, preferring her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, a Roman Catholic who had vied with Elizabeth for the throne of England, and who later rebelled against her; Sir Dacre leading that rebellion. Mary Stuart was charged with treason and beheaded, and Sir Leonard Dacre, also charged with treason, fled to Scotland and other areas until finally settling in Brussels where he eventually died.

Yes; wars have been fought over Christianity, still ongoing today. When (Saint) Thomas More refused to acknowledge Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England, the king ordered him beheaded. The martyrdom of Thomas More, like Joan of Arc and many others who fought in defense of Jesus Christ and the Roman Catholic faith, was later canonized a Saint.

Richard Edwardes - Henry's Illegitimate Son?

The story of Agnes Blewitt Edwardes' (pictured here) affair with King Henry VIII may not be as mysterious as many believe. There are facts pointing toward the true story that the Edwardes/Edwards line does, indeed, corroborate that Richard Edwardes carried the Tudor bloodline. We know that DNA testing has proven a connection between the Edwards and Tudors dating back to King Coel Hen.

Tracing Richard Edwardes to his paternal father remains a work-in-progess, and the story can be found in the Edwards genealogy file located on site. Through an excerpt taken from "Descendants of Henry VIII Tudor":"It is indeed correct that Richard Edwardes was Henry's "natural son', his relationship to the King was a well guarded secret and was probably the result of the lady in question having resided near the royal hunting lodge of Huntworth in Somersetshire away from the observance of those at court. From the information that is available the lady's first name was Agnes and it is quite probable that she was a member of a family of high and and long standing. No one will know just why the secret of his birth was kept only to the Tudors and the family Richard was born into, but it may well have been out of respect for Richard Edwardes' mother and her family. Since the book was written, her last name was found. Agnes Blewitt and her family were given land in Scotland and that was where Richard was raised as a young lad. Henry paid for Richard's education at Oxford."
You can READ THE STATEMENT HERE...

The Tudor Heritage and "Arms of Edwardes"

The Tudors were a noble family of good stock and prominent Welsh heritage dating back centuries. In a statement, in excerpt, from a descendant of Rev. Richard Edwardes, through the Rev. Jonathan Edwards line, who is an exact DNA match to the author's Edwards line, he reveals the "Arms of Edwardes," as verified by the Heraldry Office in London, showing: "Lion rampant and demi lion rampant holding a castle are of gold. The background field is ermin with canton in upper left, the arms of the Blewitt family, which is a double headed eagle on a field of crimson.(over leaf to coat of arms). The basic arms without canton was originally represented by a welshman named Elidir ap Rhys Sais ap Edneyfed ap Llowarch Gam ap Lluddocca, Lord of Chirk ap Tudor Trevor (ggggrandson of Tudor Trevor) Tudor Trevor's wife, Angharad, was the daughter of King Hwel Dda, descended from earlier Welsh Kings, himself by legend descended from kings of Briton. Arms being surrounded by six red roses." Lastly, Elizabeth I is said to have kept Richard close by, within her immediate circle, calling on him from time to time.