(The original Thomas Cranmer was the first protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, who died in 1556. The nom-de-plum may be a nod to Crump’s King’s College education). He previously worked for legal ...

The July 7 event at Canterbury is evidence of a growing interest in shrines, saints and relics in the Church of England, ...

That English liturgy came from the newly instituted Book of Common Prayer. The work primarily of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, this first Prayer Book and its descendants have exerted immense influence on ...

In 585 BC, a solar eclipse, as predicted by Greek philosopher Thales, while Lydians were at war with the Medes, leads to a truce. (the event became one of the cardinal dates from which other dates are ...

Dr. Null is a world authority on the theology of Thomas Cranmer, a trained theologian and a sports chaplain, counseling Olympic and other elite athletes. Null maintains close ties to the Anglican ...

At the end of this massive, balanced and without doubt enduring biography of Thomas Cranmer the reader is still left wondering what he really believed. A small clue to his final theological position ...

Archbishop Cranmer. This Lambert will ruin us. Now, I have begged him to be circumspect, and he said, "Act the man, Cranmer. Stand up for the truth, as you know it to be in your heart." ...

Jane fails to recover, so Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer gives her last rites in her bedroom as Henry kneels and Cromwell cries. Cromwell leaves the room and rages about the “negligence” that ...

Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, Edward VI and, fatally, Mary I, may have lived at a time of extreme political volatility but, according to religious historian Owen Chadwick, ...

It's been ten years since Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance popped up as Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell, respectively, in the historical drama Wolf Hall, which aired on PBS in the states and BBC Two ...

Cranmer himself performed the baptism ceremony and served as godparent to the future queen. Now in a position of power as Archbishop, Cranmer would lay the foundations of the Church of England.