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_005195845	F. S. A., active 1900.	The suppression of the monasteries under Henry VIII	1905		.txt	text/plain	4259	197	66	The suppression of the monasteries under Henry VIII NDER Martyr? V0} Edward Arrow; Blessed Edmund Ca Yen. The author is a well-known antiquary, who writes under the initials “ F. S. A.,” and it is thought that this estimate of the work of Henry VIII., coming as it does from an Anglican source, may carry weight with some who are unwilling to accept the testimony of Roman Catholics.] Moved, as he chose to assert, with a desire “to purge the Church from the thorns of vices and to sow it with the seeds and plants of virtue/' Henry VIII., the most immoral and covetous king that England has ever known, determined towards the end of 1534 to take active steps to secure the suppression of the religious houses.	cache/_005195845.txt	txt/_005195845.txt