Have you ever heard that Henry VIII started the Church of England in order to marry Anne Boleyn? That couldn’t be further from the truth. But if Henry VIII didn’t start the Church of England, who did? How did the idea of a distinctively ‘Anglican’ church develop, and what does that mean for us today?

In this video Charlotte Gauthier, historian and Assistant Director of Discipleship introduces us to the cast of fascinating characters that shaped the English Reformations of the 16th and 17th centuries, and continue to influence the way we worship now:

 

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