The Anglican Church was born of the desire of Henry VIII to have his authority supplant that of the Pope. Divorce and marriage were things in particular that he differed from with the church in Rome. Henry proclaimed that the king should be supreme head with the Archbishop of Canterbury the spiritual leader. Over the years the ruling monarch would appoint the Archbishop of Canterbury, probably after cunsulting the church leaders. Queen Elizabeth II appointed an Archbishop of Canterbury that was not in favour with hard-assed PM Maggie Thatcher so she supplanted the Queen's authority and placed her own choice in that position. Nobody had the balls to kick Maggie's arse out of her self proclaimed position. Although an attendant but not an Anglican adherent I found offense in that. However, looking within myself I knew that either Maggie or I had to go, so I left.