Thomas Cranmer was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He is credited with writing and compiling the first two Books of Common Prayer which established the basic structure of Anglican liturgy for over four centuries and influenced the English language through its phrases and quotations. Cranmer was an important figure in the English Reformation which denied papal authority over the English Church. Wikipedia
A dithering ecclesiastical Hamlet, an heretical schismatic, and an heroic defender of reformed Christianity, Thomas Cranmer has been vilified and praised with such words by his own and every succeeding generation. www.stpeter.org/cranmer.html
In the appointment of Cranmer as his successor, the king knew that he had secured a subservient tool who desired nothing better than to see the papal authority overthrown. www.newadvent.org/cathen/07222a.htm
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Cranmer was archbishop of Canterbury (1533 - 1556), a leader of the English Reformation who was responsible for establishing the basic structures of the Church of England. www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cranmer_thomas.shtml
