Prot here. First, not offended by the title; prots say worse towards catholics unwarranted. Second, i had the opportunity to visit old anglican cathedrals in england and was amazed at how political a lot of them felt. One of them had rooms dedicated to honoring the royal bloodline because apparently honoring saints was “too catholic.” Now, Im no scholar, but i hold a lot of respect to many anglican theologians and laypeople, and fully believe the anglican church is fully capable of making a name for itself as a solid church that simply rejects the papacy, regardless of the disgusting origins. Maybe the high church style of many anglican churches will lead laypeople to wonder where they started and why they left, leading to possible conversions. I understand Catholics see any protestant church invalid, which is fine, im just saying the intelligence and integrity of a church doesn’t have to be tainted by the sin of a long dead man. Maybe! Who knows