Letter to the editor: Augustine, not Henry
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article41674
- Author
- Hayes, Alan L. (Alan Lauffer)
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2018 March
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2018 March
- Volume
- 144
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- "Your (former) writer Andre Forget describes King Henry VIII as 'famous for being the first head of the Anglican church' ('Luther and the English church: 500 years of influence', Oct. 2017, p. 7), but the Anglican church began over 900 years earlier. The best candidate for being considered its first head is the first Archbishop of Canterbury, St. Augustine". [Text of entire article.]
- Subjects
- Church of England - History
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
- Augustine, Saint, of Canterbury, d. 604 or 605