re: #340 ploome hineni

the Queen is head of the C of E

The Queen is the head of the Church of England, and she is also the head of State. Both positions are largely honorary or symbolic now.

I would say the best test for whether or not a given regime is a theocracy is to examine the purpose of the connection between the temporal and the spiritual components. Did the link between the temporal and spiritual forged by Henry VIII when he created the Church of England serve to impose Christian mores upon the people of England, or did it serve to impose an English secular agenda upon the Church? Remember, England was already a Christian country, mostly Roman Catholic.

The short answer is that the Pope would not grant Henry a divorce, so he made his own church.