Responding to the 1534 #ActOfSupremacy and related changed in the English Church, #PopePaulIII on #ThisDayInHistory in 1538 finally got around the #excommunicating #HenryVIII, the misogynistic prick of a king who made himself head of #ChurchOfEngland to get a pointless divorce.
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17th December 1538
Pope Paul III published a bull of excommunication against King Henry VIII.
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On this day in history, #PopePaulIII died. It's a shame he died at the young age of 19 since he was born on a #LeapDay.
🕯 #OTD in #Theology and #History 27 September 1540, the Society of Jesus (#Jesuit) co-founded by #IgnatiusOfLoyola (Father General) was officially recognized by #PopePaulIII as a religious order of the #CatholicChurch.
Pope Paul III (Titian, Museo di Capodimonte, 1543).
#PopePaulIII (1534-1549): He was born Alessandro Farnese in 1468 in the Papal States. Pope Paul was a patron of the artists including #Michelangelo. He excommunicated Henry VIII in 1538. 4/4
#OTD
17th December 1538
Pope Paul III published a bull of excommunication against King Henry VIII.
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#PopePaulIII #AlessandroFarnese #Pope #HolyFather #CatholicChurch #KingHenryVIII #HenryVIII #Excommunication #Tudors #History