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And the king of germany against the pope. there is this war between the church and germany. but really between the king of germany and king of france. >> now, charles v invaded italy. and invaded rome. rome is sacked by the imperial troops. many of whom were lutherans. and hated the pope. and so f weeks on end, rome faced terror. it is the most extraordinary irony that it was a catholic who did as much harm to the pope as a protestant. in may of 1527, the german army storms the churches, monasteries and palaces in rome. by the end of that spring, more than 8,000 romans are slaughtered. horrifi...

To be protestant meant that you weren't loyal. >> ats luther's defiance of king charles and the pope at the diet of vermes, a hard line is drawn among christians. >> the foundation of the reformation is that the church is the invisible gathering of awful those who confessed christ in every time and every place. because this is not a temporal group of people. there is no way there can be a temporal head of it. >> those aligned withartin luther protest the pope's divine claim to leading theatlic church. and become known as protestants. they build lutheran churches throughout germany and scandina...

Act of supremacy and declare myself over the church. ♪ >> henry says i am not a king, i am an emperor, emperors are accountable to nobody. ♪ >> in 1534, four years after henry viii's initial request for an annulment, he denounces the papacy, removing himself and his country from the jurisdiction of the catholic church. he proclaims himself the leader of a new church. the church of england. henry says i decide that i am not married to katherine. >> he divorces his nice catholic wife. he marries ann bolin. now he is head of a church. >> so he can take down catholic priests, put down people w...