New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Anna Gould, Protestant

Anna Gould. Protestant
Anna Gould, being Protestant
and recognizing, therefore. the in.
stitution of divorce, was free TO d.
vorce de Castellane, and committed
no sin in remarrying. She IS re-
garded as the wife of the Duke de
Talleyrand- Perigord not only before
the law, but in the eyes Of the
Church.
The Duke de Talleyrand-P erigord.
on the other hand, IS Catholic.
Therefore he could not marry a
divorced woman. The Church does
not recognize him as married to
Anna Gould, but considers him only
as living with her, and a papal de-
cree would be necessary TO leglti'
mize the offspring in the eyes of
the Church.
The most famous Of all pspal
divorce cases, and one IN which
history will never lose its interest,
wa. that Of Henry Tudor and Cath
crime Aragon. The contest endured
over many years and cost the lives
of many persons, some directly and
some indirectly. while another re
suit was a great weakening OF the
power Of the Church. and yet II up
held to the end the Observance OF
the canon law and the sway Of the
ancient rules. Indeed. 20 this day the
validity Of the ultimate divorce OF
his wife by Tudor IS disputed by
good Catholics.
Tudor, according 10 the records OF
the case, had grown tired ~ his wife
and wanted TO divorce her and marry
Anne Boleyn, a beautiful Irish girl
with one green eye and one gray eye.
As he was Henry VIII OF England
and had always been a stanch up
holder of the Church, Tudor asked
Pope Clement VII TO give him a d.
vorce on the ground that Catherine
had been the wife of Henry's older
brother, Arthur, whose death made
Henry king. The Pope appointed
Cardinal Wolsey and Cardinal Cam
peggio 70 hear the case, and as
Wolsey was a great friend OF Tudor
they decided in his favor. But the
Pope overruled the decision and re-
fused TO grant the divorce. Tudor
was very angry because Wolsey was
unable to sway the Pope to change
his decision and withdrew his favor
from Wolsey. This was fata TO the
prelate. Before long he was ordered
imprisoned, and died in Jail before
being tried.
In the mean time Thomas Cranmer
suggested to Tudor that il jury
of college professors decided in favor
of a divorce that would be satlsfac-
tory. Tudor was so pleased with
the idea that he made Cranmer .
Cardinal and raised him TO all the
privileges and powers that had been
stripped from Wolsey. The profess
sors, however, proved recalcitrant
and followed the Pope. Tudor be-
came very angry and married Anne
Bo.eyn anyway, divorce or no d.
yorce. and at the same time declared
the British Church separate from
Rome and the King the head Of the
British Church.
Many of Tudors oldest friends
disapproved Of his actions. and there
was great deal Of unpleasant
gossip about Anne Boleyn. Not .
few refused to recognize her as tho
lawful wife Of Tudor, who became
so angry over the increasing scandsI
that he beheaded Sir Thomas Moore
and Cardinal Fisher. This stopped
the more open talk.
But the quarrel between the Pope
and Tudor and the separation OF the
British Church from Rome had
opened the way for the Protestants.
, The British Church began TO be very
liberal, and both Cranmer and Gran
dal! consented 70 liberalizing revis.
ions Of the ritual They even sug-
gested some. Tudor became worried
and put his foot down on the lib
erals. Cranmer recanted and num-
bers Of priests were burned at the
stake for accepting the new liberal
doctrines.
The Pope was so pleased that b
: give Tudor the title Of Defender Of
the Faith" which the British kings
still bear. There was no stopping
the spread of Professionalism. how
: ever. and as a result Of the famous
: divorce case Of Tudor vs. Arsgon,
begun in the Papal courts in 1929,
, England became the great strong
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