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Henry VIII's church, described here as Catholic in doctrine and ritual but loyal to the English king instead of the pope.
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Church of England
Henry VIII's church, described here as Catholic in doctrine and ritual but loyal to the English king instead of the pope.
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The Church of England differs from Catholicism, in Jiang's account, only by loyalty: Catholic authority goes to the pope, Anglican authority to the English king.
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Puritans are defined as reformers who want to purge Catholic remnants from the Church of England while staying inside or reshaping it.
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"...he grew up in France. And they sponsored him to invade England and defeat Richard III. Okay? And this establishes the House of Tudor...."
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"...Church swears loyalty to the pope. There's only one. The Church of England swears loyalty to the king of England. That's it, guys. There's..."
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"So when you have a diversity, you have diversity in England, and so even though England is a small place, as I keep on..."
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"Church of England, it's fine, but there's certain things within the Church of England which is too much like the Catholic Church, so if..."
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"this time in history in England there's a major conflict between religious belief and the king okay the king is head of the Anglican..."
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"...Puritans. Who are the Puritans? The Puritans believe that the Church of England is too Catholic. And so, therefore, we must purge the Church..."
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"...much more popular religion in Britain than the Catholic religion in England, as England begins to industrialize. And so the middle class is rising,..."
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"...other people, called the Armenians, who want to maintain the Church of England as it is, okay? So you have all these massive factions..."
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"But because there's such a strong Catholic contingent in England, Henry VIII maintains Catholic practices. But rather than have the Pope, be at the..."
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"...different religions and you have different descent. So let's look at England. Okay? England. So England is a king. And before, the Catholic Church..."
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Britain becomes empire not because it begins powerful, but because it begins divided, poor, exposed, and forced to change.
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