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Henry VIII's Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, is credited
with a pivotal role in the English Reformation. As well as playing
a leading part, together with Henry's Chancellor, Thomas Cromwell,
in securing the separation of the Church in England from the
authority of the Roman Church and the Pope enabling Henry both to
marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn, and to become Supreme Head of the
Church of England, he also began, prior to Henry's death in 1547,
to introduce liturgical reforms into the Church. In the reign of
Henry's son, Edward VI, Cranmer was considered the prime creator of
the 1549 Prayer Book, the first all-English service book with
reformed tendencies. Within three years, a more radical and
reformed book was produced and authorised at the end of 1552. the
question and issue is whether Cranmer was directly responsible for
this second book which took the Church of England in a more overtly
protestant direction. Many argue that he was. This book suggests
that he was not.
Can the Church of England survive the 21st century? What needs to
change and what remains? How does the Church deal with contemporary
challenges and how are these related to the situation it faced in
1966? This book is an evaluation of Bishop Ronald Williams' 1966
book What's Right with the Church of England identifying the issues
of that time with reference to the issues still facing the Church
of England today. These include perception and position, resources
and finance, ethics, ecumenism, a liberal church in a liberal
society, ministry for today, marketing, and a contemporary
parochial ecclesiology. Many of the issues from 1966 have not
changed but the context is significantly different requiring
different responses.
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