In June 1536, Reginald definitively broke with the King. He replied to a letter that he had received from Henry VIII with a copy of his own pamphlet, pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione, commonly known as De unitate. The pamphlet denied both royal supremacy and Henry's position on marriage to a brother's wife, and referred to him as "a robber, murderer and greater enemy to Christianity than the Turk". This was a great offence to the King. Reginald also urged the princes of Europe to invade England and depose Henry immediately.
In June 1536, Reginald definitively broke with the King He replied to a letter that he had received from Henry VIII with a copy of his own pamphlet, pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione, commonly known as De unitate. The pamphlet denied both royal supremacy and Henry's position on marriage to a brother's wife, and referred to him as "a robbe.r murderer and greater enemy to Christianity than the Turk". This was a great offence to the King. Reginald also urged the princes of Europe to invade England and depose Henry immediately