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Canterbury Cathedral Aethelberht I John Wycliffe Hans Holbein the Younger: portrait of Henry VIII
Why did Henry VIII form the Church of England?
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Canterbury Cathedral
Aethelberht I
John Wycliffe
Hans Holbein the Younger: portrait of Henry VIII
John Henry Newman
Archbishop of Canterbury
Why did Henry VIII form the Church of England?
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Key People

Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
queen of England
Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII
king of England
Hans Holbein the Younger: Sir Thomas More
Thomas More
English humanist and statesman
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Saint John Fisher
English priest
John Biddle
English theologian
Manning, Henry Edward
Henry Edward Manning
British cardinal
William George Ward, engraving
William George Ward
British theologian
Whiston, oil painting by an unknown artist after a portrait by Sarah Hoadly, c. 1720; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Whiston
Anglican priest and mathematician
John Whitgift
archbishop of Canterbury
Lodowick Muggleton
English religious leader
William Cunningham, detail of a portrait by Eric Kennington, 1908; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Cunningham
British economist
Frederick William Faber, engraving by Joseph Brown
Frederick William Faber
British theologian
Joan Bocher
English Anabaptist
Richard Hooker, engraving by E. Finden after a print by W. Hollar.
Richard Hooker
English theologian
John Jewel, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
John Jewel
English bishop
Andrewes, Lancelot
Lancelot Andrewes
English theologian
Cyril Forster Garbett
British archbishop

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