England's Act of Supremacy makes Henry VIII head of the Church of England; the same year Ignatius of Loyola and his companions take their vows at Montmartre, founding the movement that becomes the Society of Jesus.
Tagged: Anglican Catholic Christian
The Event
- Date
- 1534 (exact)
- Era
- Reformation; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- London; Paris
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Anglican, Catholic
- Key figures
- Henry VIII, Ignatius of Loyola
- Key texts
- Act of Supremacy
Primary Sources
- Act of Supremacy (1534)
- Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises
Secondary Sources
- MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
Provenance: HIST-0035; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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