Quote Originally Posted by kyle
I don't know much about the pope, and I know a little about the Catholic religion. I do know however that one of the great Henry kings made it up because according to the religion they followed they we're not allowed to have more than one wife, this pissed one of them off so he made his own 'branch' of it.
What you're talking about is Henry VIII (28 June 1491â??28 January 1547) and his breakaway from Rome to start the Church of England because he wanted a divorce from his wife Catharine of Aragon (Catharine had been pregnant about 7 times but only one child survived, a girl but no male heir).

This Anglican Church had the king as it's head (act of supremacist) the king got to decide whether the church was catholic or protestant. The king dictated and it was protestant.