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Why did king henry Vlll break away from the catholic church

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King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church because under their policies, he was not allowed to divorce his current wife.

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Henry formally broke with the Pope and the Roman Church after Pope Clement VII refused to grant him an annulment of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so that he could wed Anne.

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