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Thomas Cranmer

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 2, 2024  by - Dank (push to talk) 20:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)



Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, a cause of the separation of the English Church from the Holy See. He established the first doctrinal and liturgical structures of the Church of England and published the Exhortation and Litany. When Edward VI was king, Cranmer published the Book of Common Prayer, changed doctrine or discipline in several areas, and promulgated the new doctrines through the Homilies. Upon the accession Mary I, Cranmer was put on trial for treason and heresy. While imprisoned he made several recantations and reconciled himself with the Catholic Church. Mary wanted him executed, so he was burned at the stake and withdrew his recantations. Cranmer's death was immortalised in Foxe's Book of Martyrs and his legacy continues through the Book of Common Prayer and the Thirty-Nine Articles.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Nicholas of Worcester will be TFA May 28
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 * Promoted: May 26, 2008
 * Reasons for nomination: 535th birthday. This will be a TFA re-run from 2009.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 19:51, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Support 750h+ 13:45, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:25, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Support.  Ergo Sum  16:46, 31 May 2024 (UTC)