Thomas Cranmer's Register : a record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province
Thomas Cranmer's Register in Lambeth Palace Library forms an important record of the archbishop's administration in diocese and province. Called from relative obscurity in 1533 to be archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer was thrust into the heady world of Tudor politics. The governmentâs use of the archbishop's diocesan and metropolitioal jurisdiction enabled them to control that prelate's powers to enforce the political settlement in the country. With the creation of the Vice-Gerenoy, the archbishop of Canterbury was no longer the principal minister of the King's spiritual jurisdiction. Cromwell used his office as Vice-Cerent with skill and insight to place the authority of the English episcopate upon new foundations. He himself was able to supplement the jurisdiction of the archbishop as metropolitan. Thomets Cranmer's Commonplace Books give evidence of his efforts to elaborate a doctrine of Christian Obedience. The Reformatio Legum Bcclesiasticarum shows that by the 1550s, Thomas Cranmer had evolved a careful plan to reform the administration of the English church. Ihe key to such an attempt was the archbishop's concept of ministry. Thomas Cranmer was able to implement certain reforms in diocese and
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Thomas Cranmer's Register : a record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province. Thomas Cranmer's Register in Lambeth Palace Library forms an important record of the archbishop's administration in diocese and province. Called from relative obscurity in 1533 to be archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer was thrust into the heady world of Tudor politics. The governmentâs use of the archbishop's diocesan and metropolitioal jurisdiction enabled them to control that prelate's powers to enforce the political settlement in the country. With the creation of the Vice-Gerenoy, the archbishop of Canterbury was no longer the principal minister of the King's spiritual jurisdiction. Cromwell used his office as Vice-Cerent with skill and insight to place the authority of the English episcopate upon new foundations. He himself was able to supplement the jurisdiction of the archbishop as metropolitan. Thomets Cranmer's Commonplace Books give evidence of his efforts to elaborate a doctrine of Christian Obedience. The Reformatio Legum Bcclesiasticarum shows that by the 1550s, Thomas Cranmer had evolved a careful plan to reform the administration of the English church. Ihe key to such an attempt was the archbishop's concept of ministry. Thomas Cranmer was able to implement certain reforms in diocese and
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