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Who was more powerful between Henry VIII and the pope?

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Henry VIII had all the armies of England behind him. The Holy Father only had the Swiss Guard and God. Depends on how you look at it, as far as worldly power is concerned, Henry, obviously, but I would not want to depend on that in the next world.

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