Lesser-known Reformers: Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556)

For the rest of 2024 we will exam- ine lesser-known reformers in the British Isles. England’s reformation was differ- ent from those in Germany, Switzer- land, or France. On the continent, the reformations formed Lutheran and Reformed churches; England’s resulted in Anglicanism. In worship and church government, Angli- canism was more like Rome than were the Lutheran and Reformed branches of Protestantism. Doctrinally, England’s refor- mation was also more moderate. King Henry VIII had no...