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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why did Henry VIII leave the Catholic Church in the 1500s?

OpenStudy (daniellelovee):

he wanted to get divorced from Catherine of Aragon

OpenStudy (daniellelovee):

in order to marry Anne Boleyn (Elizabeth I mother)

OpenStudy (kohai):

Yeah, that's correct. He was basically angry that he couldn't divorce another wife. At the time the pope had more power than the king.

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