Talk:Nicholas Ridley (martyr)/Archive 1

Cross
It may have been a cobbled cross in the road in 1890, but I'm fairly sure it's a metal one now. Can anyone confirm this? Deb 19:40 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)pto dunnna


 * The text that I conferred with says nothing about the type of cross. That reference was added later.  My portion is a paraphrase (modernized) of the text found.  I could provide the text in it entirety and let others evaluate it for merit.


 * See this picture. The host web page describes it as a cobble cross. Certainly it's cobbles between the arms. If the arms themselves are metal it's not clear in the photo and I can't remember. (I used to live a few miles from Oxford until 1993 and the photos on the web page look genuine to me).


 * Restored mention of "cobbled patch of road" but left in "metal". Andy G 20:55 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)


 * OK. That looks like a new cross -- or at any rate, newer than the last time I looked at it. I withdraw my objection.  Deb 23:04 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Martyr
Isn't "martyr" an inherently POV term, and therefore should be avoided in an article title (a disambiguation, nonetheless)? ugen64 03:00, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * How about "bishop" ? -- PFHLai 18:38, 2004 Oct 5 (UTC)

Death
If Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley (martyr) and Hugh Latimer were burnt to death together, how come the date of death are different ? I'm very confused .... -- PFHLai 18:38, 2004 Oct 5 (UTC)

Thomas cramer wasn't exucuted at the same time just the same place and Ridley and Latimer.


 * Cranmer was still the Archbishop of Canterbury in the eyes of the Church, despite being condemned as a heretic by the State. Therefore he needed to be sentenced by Rome first.  Cranmer was sentenced in Rme on 29th November 1555, excommunicated formally on 4th December, and degraded on the 13th February 1556, before being executed on 21st March. Tobermory (talk) 12:24, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Nicholas Ridley
This man was an ancestor of mine. His was an honored name that was passed down for generations. My grandfather was John Nicholas Ridley.

I am surprised that "Foxes Book of Martyrs--Universal History of CHRISTIAN MARTYRDOM." By Rev. John Foxe,M.A. was not mentioned, it has excerpts from his trial, descriptions of his family/educational background, etc.

In 1985, visiting the Tower of London, I heard the usual tourist spiel that I could verify myself. But in York, on a walking tour, the guide spoke of "Master Ridley" and began to recount his story exactly as I had heard it. It gave me chill bumps to hear him described in almost a contemporary sense. He was born in the county of Northumberland. His earliest education was in Newcastle and his higher education was at Cambridge.209.244.7.245 19:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Theology?
This article is missing details on his theology, as well as information on his highly significant influence upon Cranmer (according to Cranmer, Ridley in 1546 persuaded him against a real corporeal presence in the Eucharist in favour of a spiritual bodily presence). I don't know sufficient about the subtle theological positions to add to the article myself, though. Anyone? Tobermory (talk) 12:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Foxe not burnt
Foxe was the author of the famous book in which the woodcut presumably appeared, not a fellow-victim.

--JamesWim (talk) 14:12, 12 November 2008 (UTC)