He didn’t favor Spain over England for any reason except that Henry was simply wrong.
Incidentally, Henry was initially very pro-Catholic and actually wrote pamphlets supporting the Church and opposing the Protestants. It was just when, like Luther, he ran into something the Church wasn’t willing to allow, that he turned on the Church. Even so he never considered himself a Protestant.
In any case, as the old saying go, all heresy begins below the belt. It’s always because of somebody who wants to do some sexual thing that is not permitted (this includes Luther, the Albigensians, the Cathars...you name it).
It wasn’t just that, but Henry VIII was to an extent VERY superstitious and he was also tormented that he might have been committing incest with the wife of his dead brother. He ahd no issue either and I still think that the Church of England was also a convenient political tool for the Tudors as well. Henry’s pamphlet “Defenso Septum Sacramentorum” (Defense of the Seven Sacraments) won him the title “Defender of the Faith” whihc was then warped ot mean Defender of the Protestant Faith of the Church of England.
“He didn’t favor Spain over England for any reason except that Henry was simply wrong.”
But he most certainly did favor Spain over England. This much isn’t even arguable amongst honest men. Henry was wrong about many many things. He was absolutely right to defend England against the injustices of the pope.
It was just when, like Luther, he ran into something the Church wasn’t willing to allow...
Like selling indulgences?