The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-11-11
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The DIVORCES OF HENRY VIII,
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Who can adequately sound the true
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J. fanmer from motives of conscience?
M aklng. use. of the most sacred express
SION, motives of conscience" this
prince of hypocrites admonishes the
royal brute. that the time has come
When aS his spiritual adviser. it be
moves him ito summon the king and
queen tos5anHuIa tier marriage and
thereby leave the king free to consult
Tor the veal of his kingdom by selecting
new wife. The public records testify
: mat TINS marriage, or rather sham, had
taken place many months before, of
winch this same archhypOcrite had
signed his name as witness,
reverend sir the perpetrator Of this
scandalouS moral crime, appealing as
ne does to his Conscience for the vim
dlcatiOn of this act of unqualified ~
pOcrisy and genuine duDlicity. is the
high priest of thelnew evangel express
ly Geputed by his immaculate master,
the modern Moses, to furnish of his
spiritual abundance the wherewithal to
enable the chosen people of Britain to
escape the Egyptian bondage of Rome,
and arrive at length in the promised
land of a pure gospel to which Gran
mer's Book of Common Prayer" filch-
ed by him, like everything else, from
the Missal of the Catholic church, has
been conducting them for the past
twelve generations.
/ shall now, reverend sir, beg leave to
introduce our Protean acrobat in one
of his sleight-of-hand tricks of lofty
tumbling.
In the month of May 1886. Henry and
Anne were present at a fitting match
at Greenwich. During the proceedings,
the King observed special marks of
an of
bloods of the regal party by Anne, who
for three months held undisputed claim
to the title of Queen-the broken heart
ed Catherine having died within that
period, without having once been a.
lowed to see her child, the Princess
Mary. And as if to testify her con-
tempt for Catherine, Anne was dressed
the whole day of the formers funeral
in white. Henry, on observing Anne's
behavior at Greenwich, Immediately
left for Westminster, and gave orders
that the Queen follow him next day.
In the meantime, however, he changed
his mind, and ordered her to the tower
Steps We're Immediately inaugurated
for her trial and that of five of her ac-
completes in treason to the person of
the King. -Four were executed while
Anne and her brother, Lord Rockford,
were charged with incest and convict
ed by twenty-three peers of the realm.
ANNE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH
on May 15 However, it must be re-
membered that she had "a friend at
court in the person of Archbishop
Cranmer, who for years had been the
recipient of countless favors from her
family. He had been domesticated in
her fathers house while concocting the
plans of Henry's divorce from Gather
inc. He was one of the embassy sent to
Rome with Lord Wiltshire, Annes
father. It was through this family,
especially through Annes powerful in
fuence with the King, he attained the
highest ecclesiastical position in Eng
land
Who. reverend sir would not suggest
that just here that brother and sister,
the extreme penalty of the law whilst
the beneficiary of their house still en-
joyed the Kings favor? But, alas for
human expectations, Cranmer'S treach-
cry never before eVinced itself in its
truest colors. There was not word of
expostulation from his lips. On the
contrary, the Formally of dan order to
open his court was arranged, and Anne,
who had already received sentence of
death on the 18th, was cited before it,
together with Henry. They obeyed the
having declared that their
was unlawful, they We're,
therefore, living in adultery, and, for
the salvation of their souls" they were
required to show cause why they should
not be separated.
This citation took effect on May II,
-, two days after the sentence of
death had been passed on her.
THIS BLAsPHEMOUs WRETCH,
CRANMER,
delivered. with his wonted hypocrisy,
the sentence of the court by pronounc-
ing in the name Of Christ, and for the
honor of God, that the marriage of
Henry and Anne was, and always had
been. null and void" This hypocritical
caitiff had already pronounced Henry
and GATHERINGS marriage null and
void" thereby declaring the living issue
of that marriage illegitimate, for the
purpose of opening the way for the
of Anne, at which he was a
formal signing witness.
Now the same caitiff, Cranmer, in
open court prononces AnneS marriage,
which he had himself compassed, null
and void, thereby involving the illegit-
imacy of Elizabeth. Reverend sir, have
the kindness to say whether ii was the
spirit Of God or the evil spirit that con-
trolled or rather inspired Cranmer to
in the death sentence of Anne
on May Is. as the wife of Henry. for
treason committed against his conjugal
rights (for adultery in this case in
volved treason). and on the 18th, two
days later, he pronounced the sentence
that she had never been his wife; while
two days later, the 18th of May, she is
beheaded because she has been the I'M
faithful wife Of Henry? Well did the
Psafh7ist say ''I1iiquitas mentita est
sibit" Iniquity hath lied TO itself. But
this was only one of the playful eccen-
tricities of our hero.
The next exploit Of our st. Thomas,
first Protestant apostle of England, in
the line of divorce was when he pro-
nounced his masters marriage with the
German princess, Anne of Cleves. And
this feat did not in the slightest degree,
against his already we'll
achieved reputation for brazen-faced
duplicity. Antecedent to the marriage
of the royal brute to his fourth wife,
Anne Of Cleves, which was highly
pleasing to Cranmer and Cromwell, she
being a professed Protestant, Cranmer
was commissioned to examine carefully
whether any canonical impediments ex-
listed on Anne's part. 1t was fact
that an engagement had existed be-.
tween her and the son of the Duke of
Lorraine. The investigation elected
the fact that the engagement had been
confined to the parents of both while
they were yet infants. which engage
lnent they themselves broke when they
attained the proper age. with the con-
sent of their parents. Cranmer having
thoroughly sifted the case in all it's
bearings reported to his master that
not even a shadow of impeachment exist
ed: hence Henry could legitimately
APPROACH NUPTIALS FOR THE
FOURTH TIME.
Five months had not elapsed before
Henry began to tire of his Dutch wife
mo a. and the vile panderer to his
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