For writing this book, King Henry VIII was named Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X. When out of lust, Henry fell into schism from the Catholic Church he unjustly retained the title of defender of a faith he had now abandoned. In this book he defends the seven sacraments, now diluted by the Anglican Church he had started. He also defends the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, he who was soon to refuse to obey in a matter of morals in regard to the Sacrament of Matrimony.