On Saturday, June 21 we went to hear Dr. Ben Lowe, history professor at Florida Atlantic University give a wonderful and insightful presentation on the English reformation at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lake Worth, FL.The English Reformation is a specialty of Dr. Lowe's. Dr. Lowe, raised a Baptist was increasingly more interested in the historical significance of the English reformation during the reign of Henry VIII. He did his dissertation on the subject and lived in England while doing the research for this project. Going from parish to parish he studied and learned about what actually was going on in England's religious and political life while under the Roman Catholic church.
We've all heard the stories about Henry VII and his wives in sixteenth century England. And many people believe that the Church of England was because Henry wanted his divorces granted by the Pope.
We learned from Dr. Lowe that there were MANY issues going on at the time between England and the Roman Church.
It was a great lecture with many questions asked by the attendees.
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