The living memorial to Thomas Cranmer's spirituality and piety is the incomparable Book of Common Prayer – for four centuries an inspiration to the devotion of English-speaking peoples. Theologian and a biblical scholar, Cranmer was, for a few brief years, culminating in his death at the stake in 1556, the key figure in the early period of the English Reformation. In this illuminating study of the great English churchman and martyr, Dr. G. W. Bromiley evaluates his permanent and continuing influence on the Anglican tradition.
The living memorial to Thomas Cranmer's spirituality and piety is the incomparable Book of Common Prayer – for four centuries an inspiration to the devotion of English-speaking peoples. Theologian and a biblical scholar, Cranmer was, for a few brief years, culminating in his death at the stake in 1556, the key figure in the early period of the English Reformation. In this illuminating study of the great English churchman and martyr, Dr. G. W. Bromiley evaluates his permanent and continuing influence on the Anglican tradition.