The dissolution of the monasteries Essays - Christianity

The dissolution of the monasteries By Tommaso Faulkner 8RN Here we are today at one of the monasteries king Henry has recently shut down and we are here to discover how the protestants and Catholics think about this change so all we know is that king Henry the eighth wanted a divorce to his new wife Catherine of Aragon so he asked the pope because only the pope can give him permission to divorce but the pope said no so Henry said that the pope had no power in England and that from now on all the priests and monks were going to have to do what he said and not what the pope said and made himself the head of the church in England then he gave himself a divorce and married the pregnant Anne Boleyn hoping for a son now while you may think that he was protestant he was neither not catholic and not protestant in fact he passed a law saying that the church still had to have catholic services and didn't change the inside of a church at all. But anyway back to the present right now I am about to interview a protestant let's see what he says hello what 's your name?' My names john.' Can you tell us what your protestant beliefs are?' We believe that the church is to rich. People give the church lots of money but the bishops and monks spend it all on clothes and palaces instead of on helping the poor after all that is why we give money to the church so that they can help the poor but instead they spend it on what they want catholic priests are corrupt and lazy they do not do their jobs properly, the services are all in Latin they should be in English so that we can learn the stories and so that we can be closer to god and it's hard to be close to god if you cannot understand the services or read the bible yourself and then they allow rich people to pay a bishop or a pope to have their sins forgiven and only god can forget your sins, churches should be simple and plain because a simple church brings people closer to god the altar should be replaced by a wooden table and there should not be any ornaments which distract people from foc using on god. Ministers should wear simple robes they are ordinary people they should be free to marry Jesus Christ is the head of the church Christ is more important than a human leader like the pope the way to salvation is to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ only Jesus can forgive sins people do not need priests to help them find god believing in Jesus is the only way to heaven and salvation the way you practise religion is very important if you do not worship in the right way you will go to hell for eternity' thank you john goodbye' goodbye' so now we have learnt how the protestants feel let's find out about the Catholics hello what are you called?' My name is victor,' hello victor can you tell us what your Catholics beliefs are?' We believe that the altar is the focal point of the church it should look spectacular to show god how much we love him there should be candle sticks and ornaments on it the pope and his bishops can forgive sins people can show that they are sorry fo r their sins if they give a gift to the church, churches should be highly decorated with paintings and coloured windows showing gods glory people nee priests to help them find god the priests act as a link between an individual and god priests should wear special clothes to reflect their special status as the link between man and god they should not get married but devote their lives totally to god the pope is the head of the church god appointed him he knows best what god wants the church to do the way to salvation is to follow the teachings of the church what you believe about god and the way you practise your