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The cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, England.

Why did Henry VIII form the Church of England?

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Why did Henry VIII form the Church of England?

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High Church Low Church Anglican religious community Anglican Evangelical latitudinarian Anglican Consultative Council Church of England Lambeth Conference archbishop of Canterbury churchwarden Lutheranism Baptist Methodism Calvinism Church of Christ free church The Protestant Heritage Society of Friends Pietism Congregationalism

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George Berkeley

George Berkeley

Irish philosopher

Colenso, detail of an oil painting by Samuel Sidley, 1866; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Colenso

Anglican bishop of Natal, South Africa

John Strachan

British clergyman

Justinian

Romanian Orthodox patriarch

Robert Machray

Scottish archbishop

Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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