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king henery the 8th

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I don't know who the King, mentioned in the question, was. I do know that Henry the Eighth didn't ,'split,' as it were, he remained a catholic his life and was a member of the Catholic Church until he died!

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King Henry VIII of England left the Catholic Church and dragged his entire country, under legal threats, into apostasy.

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