King Henry VIII protested and disliked Lutheranism and supported Catholicism. However King Henry VIII reformed the Church of England to Protestantism just so he could get anointment from his marriage to Catherine. Henry VIII however primarily kept everything very catholic. While Luther did not want to separate from Catholicism, only reform it. Luther did end up departing from the catholic church just like Henry VIII. Luther's followers also took his church in a different directions, straying more from the catholic church then Henry VIII's church of England did. Both sought to become part of the church, however Henry was stopped when his older brother died and he was responsible for taking the throne. Luther went into the church and became
