You wrote:
“Henry was no reformer because he did not follow reformation doctrine.”
He was a “Reformer”, just not very Protestant in doctrine. Again, just as Protestant killed one another even though they all supposedly shared some same doctrines, Henry kept some things very Catholic, robbed and murdered like a Protestant Reformer, and slowly became more Protestant in doctrine late in life. Those are the facts.
“He was much more a rebellious catholic as both his pre and post break with the rcc reveals. The pope, as you’ll recall, declared him to be “the defender of the faith.””
In 1521, yes! Yet, you ignore what he did in 1544. Just as the “Reformers” actually became more Portestant over time (Luther, for example, believed in a Purgatory of a sort until 1529 or so), so did Henry.
The teachings of the reformation were listed early in confessions such as the Geneva Confession in the early 1500’s. Henry erred at many points.
He was not a reformer.