Explore: Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a theologian, leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry

his two sisters and their extended families. Cromwell acknowledged to Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, that he had been a "ruffian ... in his

indiscretions had meanwhile come to the attention of Thomas Cranmer, then Archbishop of Canterbury. During Cranmer's investigations, he came across rumours of an

from the church. It has less accurately been termed Cranmer's Bible, since although Thomas Cranmer was not responsible for the translation, a preface by

agenda. His religious establishment was probably chosen by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, a leading reformer. Both Cox and Cheke were "reformed" Catholics, or

Edward VI (r. 1547–1553) largely along lines laid down by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. Under Mary I (r. 1553–1558), Roman Catholicism was briefly restored

teachings used to guide the religious and moral practices of Anglicanism. Thomas Cranmer, the guiding Reformer that led to the development of Anglicanism as

executed when they fell out of his favour. Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, and Thomas Cranmer all figured prominently in his administration

be associated to the teachings of theologians such as Martin Bucer, Thomas Cranmer and Heinrich Bullinger who advocated a religious solution in which secular

into this broad Reformation movement, under the leadership of reformer Thomas Cranmer, whose work forged Anglican doctrine and identity. Protestantism is