Sermão do Reformador Inglês, Thomas Cranmer, sobre a salvação e a vida eterna. Este sermão é parte das Homilias que foram escritas durante a Reforma Protestante do século 16 na Inglaterra.
Thomas Cranmer foi arcebispo de Canterbury, autor do Livro de Oração Comum e o principal reformador inglês do século 16.
A leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I, Cranmer helped build a favorable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
During Cranmer's tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, he was responsible for publishing the first officially authorized vernacular service, the Exhortation and Litany. When Edward came to the throne, Cranmer wrote and compiled the first two editions of the "Book of Common Prayer."
Cranmer was tried for treason and heresy after Mary I, came to the throne. Imprisoned for over two years, he made several recantations but, on the day of his execution, he withdrew his recantations, to die a heretic to Roman Catholics and a martyr to Protestants. ... Show more