LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP CRANMER. (Vols. 5 & 6 of Harper Theological Library.)

by Le Bas, Charles W

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NY:: J. & J. Harper,, 1833/33. Hardcovers; each with church library bookplate, no card pocket or marks/labels; spine ends lightly worn; cover tips bumped; periodic light foxing, but text very readable.. + each has appendix. With b&w portrait in Volume 1. Cranmer (1489-1556) theologian; first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury; drew up Book of Common Prayer; served Henry VIII with justifications to rid himself of Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, & Catherine Howard. ||| Cranmer promoted publication of an English Bible; composed litany (1545) for reformed Church of England; launched all-out effort to turn Church of England into a Protestant church, but his policies fell into disfavor. ||| Political & theological foes stripped him of episcopal & sacerdotal duties, convicted him of heresy, & had him burned at the stake.