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Henry VIII
Henry VIII (1491–1547) was King of England (reigned 1509–1547). After breaking with the pope over the annulment of his marriage, he declared the monarch Supreme Head of the Church of England, laying the foundation for what is today the Anglican Communion.
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- English ReformationHistory
The English Reformation was a series of sixteenth-century reforms, spanning the reigns of Henry VIII through Elizabeth I, by which the church in England broke away from the authority of the pope in Rome and was established as a national church with the monarch at its head.
- Mary I of EnglandPeople
Mary I (1516–1558) was Queen of England and Ireland (reigned 1553–1558). She restored Catholicism in England and executed Protestants, which led Protestant exiles to produce the Geneva Bible.
- Thomas CranmerPeople
Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury who led the English Reformation and compiled the Book of Common Prayer, the foundation of Anglican worship. He was burned at the stake under Mary I.
- Henry AppenzellerPeople
Henry Appenzeller (1858–1902) was an American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church (North) who arrived in Korea, then the Joseon kingdom, in 1885. He founded Paichai Hakdang and Chungdong First Methodist Church and took part in Bible translation. He died in 1902 in a shipwreck off Eocheongdo Island.
- Henry MartynPeople
Henry Martyn (1781–1812) was a Church of England priest and a missionary who worked in India and Persia. He translated the New Testament into Urdu, Persian, and Arabic.
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