God Truly Worshipped: A Thomas Cranmer Reader
Overview
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer played a critical role in the development of the Church of England. He is best remembered as the prime editor and creator of the two Books of Common Prayer of 1549 and 1552, which stand at the head of Anglican liturgical identity and tradition. God Truly Worshipped offers a survey of Cranmer’s growth and development as theologian and leader of the church through the lens of his written work—liturgy, homilies, correspondence, and official doctrinal statements. This volume introduces Cranmer as a churchman, theologian, and liturgist whose contribution to Anglican spirituality cannot be underestimated.
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Key Features
- Includes selected writings from Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
- Offers commentary on the life of Thomas Cranmer
- Explore’s Anglican history
Contents
- The King’s Great Matter: Cranmer and Henry VIII
- Exhorting the People: Bible and Prayer under Henry VIII
- Concord in Religion: Cranmer and Edward VI
- The Books of Common Prayer
- ‘Friendship, Love, and Concord’: Cranmer on the Eucharist
- Facing Death: 1553–6
- Title: God Truly Worshipped: Thomas Cranmer and His Writings
- Author: Thomas Cranmer
- Series: Canterbury Studies in Spiritual Theology
- Publisher: Canterbury Press
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 176
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556; Anglicans; Church of England › Bishops
- ISBNs: 9781848250482, 1848250487
- Resource ID: LLS:GDTRLYWCRNMRRDR
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:14:01Z
Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) was the archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. Cranmer attended Jesus College of Cambridge, where he earned his doctorate in divinity in 1526. He was appointed archbishop of Canterbury in 1532.
During his time as archbishop, Cranmer, along with Thomas Cromwell, championed the translation of the Bible into English. In 1548, plans for a complete liturgy for the English Church began. Cranmer compiled the Book of Common Prayer, which was published in 1549. After Mary I took the throne, Cranmer was tried for treason and heresy. He was imprisoned for two years and martyred in 1556 in Oxford.
Cranmer wrote many important articles and letters, which—along with a few biographies on the life and influence of Cranmer—appear in the Thomas Cranmer Collection (10 vols.).