The Church of England did not break away from the Eastern Orthodox Church, it broke from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.
the puritans wanted to reform the Anglican church
Yes.
puitans
puitans
Oliver Cromwell and the Separatists
because the pope would not grant him a divorce
The Quakers were founded in the mid 1600s by George Fox. Technically they did not break away from any church although mainstream religion in the UK at the time was Anglican.
Within Christianity there are various churches, or 'traditions', such as the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church. These are often called 'denominations'. One of these church traditions is called 'Anglican'. This word means 'English' and the 'Anglican Church' was originally another name for the Church of England but is now also often used for other national Anglican churches such as the Anglican Church of Canada. The various national Anglican churches belong to the worldwide Anglican Communion. In some countries, such as the United States, the national Anglican church is called the Episcopal Church and its members are often called 'Episcopalians'.
The Anglican Church was formed under the reign of King Henry VIII of England in the 16th century. His desire for an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, which the Pope refused to grant, led him to break away from the Roman Catholic Church. This resulted in the establishment of the Church of England, with the monarch as its Supreme Head.
Oh, dude, like a bunch of churches split off from the Catholic Church over the years. You've got the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Protestant churches, and even some smaller groups like the Anglican Church. So, yeah, the Catholic Church has kind of been the parent to a whole family tree of different churches.
== == The Anglican Church (the Church of England) is the historical continuation of the Christian Church that was started in the early centuries of Christianity. In the reign of King Henry VIII the Church of England began to separate from being under the jurisdiction of the Pope. This was a culmination of a number of schisms involving the Eastern Church, and the protestant movement that was begun in Germany by Martin Luther to protest at what was seen as corruption in the Catholic Church. After alltercations between Henry and the pope, not least the pope's refusal to grant Henry a divorce, he decided too to break away from Rome to form his own church - the church of England, with Christ at its head (and not the Pope) and himself and every subsequent monarch as the Supreme Governor on earth, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as spiritual head. == ==
The leaders of each church mutually excommunicated each other.