Henry VIII of England

...or are renewing the kind of mistrust and incomprehension that has marked the relationship since the Anglican Church was formed after King Henry VIII's split from Rome in the 16th century. For those in the 77-million-strong Anglican Church...

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...pastoral response'' to requests by some Anglicans but broke no new doctrinal ground, he said. Anglicans split from Rome in 1534 when Henry VIII was refused a marriage annulment. For decades, the two churches have held theological...

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Marriage to Jonathan Rhys Meyers 'would be lovely', says Reena Hammer Known as much for his turbulent lifestyle as for such roles as Henry VIII in The Tudors, Jonathan Rhys Meyers can at least rely on the support of his girlfriend, Reena...

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...that retain Anglican rites, Vatican officials said. The move comes some 450 years after King Henry VIII broke from Rome and created the Church of England, forerunner of the Anglican Communion. The number of Anglicans wishing to join...

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Henry VIII's love nest for sale The Gatehouse was part of a Tudor courtier's palace A house where newlywed Henry VIII stayed with his second wife Anne Boleyn has gone on the market after being rebuilt from a state of near collapse.

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...will be decided one way or the other in a geneticist's laboratory," he said. A Henry Percy was also engaged to Anne Boleyn until Henry VIII swept the young woman off her feet, married her, and beheaded her after she failed to give him a...

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...Communion split from Catholicism in the 16th century, when Pope Clement VII refused to grant King Henry VIII a divorce. The Church of England is the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which has about 77 million...

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...as old as it pretends to be. It is true that monarchs have appeared at state openings of Parliament, on and off, at least since 1536, when Henry VIII needed to be sure that parliament was on side in his dispute with the Pope. But in reality...

In this article: Nick Clegg, Labour Party, House of Lords, Liberal Democrats, Prince Philip, and Robert Catesby

...an already vast property portfolio owned by Trinity, one of the oldest and largest of the 31 colleges in the University of Cambridge, eastern England. The college is Britain's third largest landowner after only the Crown Estate and the...

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...is the focus of history, but somebody has to make the show run behind the pageantry. For Henry VIII, it was Thomas Cromwell, for a time, at least. Henry had his own take on term limits -- an ax -- and in time many of his advisers lost...

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