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On this day in history 03/08/24. In 1531 King Henry VIII was recognized as the supreme head of the Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury. The title of Supreme Head of the Church of England was created in 1531 for King Henry VIII when he first began to separate the Church of England from the authority of the Holy See and allegiance to the papacy, then represented by Pope Clement VII. The Act of Supremacy of 1534 confirmed the King’s status as having supremacy over the church and required the nobility to swear an oath recognising Henry’s supremacy. By 1536, Henry had broken with Rome, seized assets of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and declared the Church of England as the established church with himself as its head. Pope Paul III excommunicated Henry in 1538 over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Now you know. Abstracted from On This Day & Wikipedia. #onthisdayinhistory #henryviii #churchofengland #convocationofcanterbury #year1531