Bibliograph

Emblem of faith untouched, a short life of Thomas Cranmer, Leslie Williams

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Emblem of faith untouched, a short life of Thomas Cranmer, Leslie Williams

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Emblem of faith untouched

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951017953

Responsibility statement

Leslie Williams

Series statement

Library of religious biography

Sub title

a short life of Thomas Cranmer

Summary

Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) was the first Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, the author of the Book of Common Prayer, and a central figure in the English Protestant Reformation. Few theologians have led such an eventful life: Cranmer helped Henry VIII break with the pope, pressed his vision of the Reformation through the reign of Edward VI, was forced to recant under Queen Mary, and then dramatically withdrew his recantations before being burned alive. This gripping biography by Leslie Winfield Williams narrates Cranmer's life from the beginning, through his education and history with the monarchy, to his ecclesiastical trials and eventual martyrdom. She portrays Cranmer's ongoing struggle to reconcile his two central beliefs -- loyalty to the crown and loyalty to the Reformation faith -- as she tells his fascinating life story

Table Of Contents

Beginnings -- Cambridge -- Henry VIII -- Rome -- Reformation -- Archbishop -- Royal supremacy -- Wives -- Doctrine -- Tradition -- Danger -- Conspiracy -- Ordinary time -- Henry's end -- Edward -- Consolidating Reformation -- Mary -- Persecution -- Degradations -- Death -- Appendix A: Key issues in the Reformation -- Appendix B: Reformation eucharistic theology

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