Comments on: 1556: Thomas Cranmer, architect of Anglicanism http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/21/1556-thomas-cranmer/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:22:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Buck http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/21/1556-thomas-cranmer/#comment-1217 Buck Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:49:45 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/03/21/1556-thomas-cranmer/#comment-1217 "One could charge him — and Catholic partisans have, many times — with blowing with the wind, granting theological license to the whims of his sovereign" And yet the Papal Bulls transferring the archbishipric of Canterbury to him were gained through a series of brides to Pope Clement himself as well as the various other departments. And, of course, Clement by way of Charles V knew exactly what was up in England but wanted the money more than the fight. “One could charge him — and Catholic partisans have, many times — with blowing with the wind, granting theological license to the whims of his sovereign”

And yet the Papal Bulls transferring the archbishipric of Canterbury to him were gained through a series of brides to Pope Clement himself as well as the various other departments. And, of course, Clement by way of Charles V knew exactly what was up in England but wanted the money more than the fight.

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