Reformed Churchmen: Cranmer: :"Archbishop's life praised"

Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Cranmer: :"Archbishop's life praised"

Archbishop's life praised." Gloucestershire Echo 14 Sept. 2006: 5. Newspaper Source Plus. EBSCO. Web. 6 Nov. 2010.

A Service to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer attracted more than 200 people.

The Prayer Book Society hosted the event at Tewkesbury Abbey.

It included an evensong service from Dean Close School choir and tea.

The service reflected on the life of Cranmer - the first Church of England Archbishop of Canterbury and architect of the Book of Common Prayer.

Abbey vicar, the Rev Canon Paul Williams, said the day was a triumph. He said: "Thomas Cranmer was the Archbishop during the reign of Henry VIII. Many services are based on The Book of Common Prayer. It's beautiful literature."