Permission is being sought to exhume Thomas More’s head from a Kent vault, 500 years after it was put on a pike on London Bridge.

Establishing freedom of religion was a hard-fought success of the American Founding. Today we are still fighting.

The Church of England has always been a hybrid entity. Since its establishment by King Henry VIII in 1534, the church has adroitly juggled piety with politics to conserve its role as Britain’s ...

We take for granted that area and suffragan bishops share substantially in the episcope of the Diocesan: indeed, the institution of suffragan bishops in the Church of England reaches right back to the ...

In this 350-page book, Percy meticulously traces the history of the almost 500-year-old church — from 1534, when King Henry VIII formally severed England’s links with the Catholic Church through Act ...

King Charles, who has worked for decades on inter-faith relations, wants to affirm the closeness of the Church of England, of which he is the Head, and the Roman Catholic Church, of which Pope ...

Founded in 1534 by King Henry VIII after breaking from the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England has been intertwined with the British state from its inception.

As Justin Welby leaves office, Martyn Whittock explores the early medieval history that explains the authority structure of the Church of England and why it has two archbishops.

Reformation and reform In 1534, Henry VIII severed ties between the English Church and Rome. This was an overtly political move as part of his wider European foreign policy, but the implications ...

The Reformation was one of the most cataclysmic events in British history. Discover how old values were turned upside down as Henry VIII took over powers once held by the Church. In 1534, Henry ...