Talk:Sir Thomas More

Disagreed upon bits: ", as the king's lineage was, in his eyes, traceable directly to Jesus Christ, and should remain so."

What does this mean about lineage traceable to Jesus - if he got divorced his lineage would not change, nor would the lineage his children trace through him change if he got divorced. If we mean he future children would be illegimate because of the divorce, they would still have the same lineage, although they might not be eligible for kingship. Besides I was not aware that anyone -ever- beleived that Jesus had children. Certainly More as a Catholic wouldn't have beleived this. -rmhermen

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I've heard some people talk about the divine right of kings to rule, but that is not an issue of lineage, but rather about authority.

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I think that must be a misunderstanding. Wasn't the issue that Henry VIII declared himself head of the church?