LaQueenOf2015
I'm well aware of Henry's education which was standard for a monarch of the time. But as an intellect he was mediocre. His love life and remorseless headcount is a testament to that. He liked the idea of knowledge rather than being genuinely intellectual.
The 'defender of the faith' title, which Henry had long coveted, was given by Giovanni de' Medici, the notoriously corrupt Pope Leo X*, as a reward for Henry's loyalty in writing a treatise responding to Luther's attack on the seven sacraments. It's not known how much of it was written by Henry himself, and he likely had help from More and Wolsey. The treatise was written as much for political as religious or scholarly reasons, and its affirmation of the supremacy of the Pope and the indissolubility of marriage, Henry soon contradicted. The title was rescinded by Pope Paul III when Henry he broke with Rome. (Later reinstated by Parliament).
Henry's great passions in life were food, women, hunting and reconquering France. As a personality he was greedy, hedonistic, arrogant, ostentatious, immature, lachrymose, prone to tantrums and a bully. As a king he ruled through fear, suspicion and a certain kind of laziness. Wolsey ran the country for the early part of his reign, and Henry rarely bothered turning up to meetings of his council of advisers, procrastinated about major policy decisions, and disliked reading or writing long documents.
His foreign policy was a failure. He raised huge sums of money through Parliament, the sale of the monasteries, and devaluation of currency, to fund his obsession with fighting France and Scotland which achieved little but pushing the Scots into the arms of the French. The debasing of gold and silver currency with copper set off an inflationary spiral which did not end until Elizabeth I.
The constitutional & religious reform for which his reign is renown were the work of Cromwell, Cranmer & Wolsey.
The upshot of the religious policies of his reign, which were on his part largely a result of his desire to marry Anne Boleyn, desire for power and the need for cash rather than any intellectual or religious conviction, resulted in the destruction of beautiful buildings, works of art, and damage to libraries.
His rating as a ruler among historians is quite low, but he has always appealed to the public imagination which has given him credit for achievements that were the work of his advisors.
So, while he undoubtedly had a certain level of education, I do not regard him as an intelligent man.
*Leo was a great deal more interested in power, money and art than he was in religion. He was extravagant, luxurious, nepotistic, a prolific seller of offices and indulgences, and an indirect cause of the Reformation.