Wednesday, April 19, 2006

 

Here is a look at past of the ceiling inside. Originally all of the windows were made of beautiful stained glass. Under Henry VIII, this all changed. He wanted the Pope to grant him a divorce from his wife. When he was refused, he split from the Catholic church and formed the Church of England. When this split occured someone had the brilliant idea to brighten up the Cathedral and replace almost all of the windows with clear white glass.

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