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Canterbury Cathedral St. Augustine, in white robes, gestures while preaching to King Aethelberht I and his court, who are seated under a tree, in a 19th-century colored wood engraving. John Wycliffe Portrait of King Henry VIII of England wearing ornate 16th-century royal attire with a fur-lined cloak, gold jewelry, and a feathered hat, standing against a dark background.
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John Henry Newman Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, both in ceremonial robes and mitres, during a Vespers Service at Saint Gregory Church on Caelian Hill in Rome, Italy. Archbishop of Canterbury The Anglican Communion
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If You'd Only Be My Valentine, American Valentine card, 1910. Cupid gathers a basket of red hearts from a pine tree which, in the language of flowers represents daring. Valentine's Day St. Valentine's Day February 14 love romance history and society heart In Roman mythology Cupid was the son of Venus, goddess of love (Eros and Aphrodite in the Greek Pantheon).
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Canterbury Cathedral The stately Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England. The cathedral is the seat of the archbishop of Canterbury, the mother church of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion, and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Church of England

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Church of England, English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of Christianity in Britain during the 2nd century. It has been the original church of the Anglican Communion since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. As the successor of the Anglo-Saxon and medieval English church, it has valued and preserved much of the traditional framework of medieval Roman Catholicism in church government, liturgy, and customs, while it also has usually held the fundamentals...

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