Thomas Cranmer's Doctrine of Repentance: Renewing the Power to Love

Null, Ashley

ISBN 10: 0199210004 / ISBN 13: 9780199210008

Published by OUP Oxford 2006-12, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thomas Cranmer's Doctrine of Repentance: Renewing the Power to Love
• Publisher: OUP Oxford 2006-12
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199210004
• ISBN 13: 9780199210008
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Although Thomas Cranmer was a key participant in the changes to English life brought about by the Reformation, his reticent nature and lack of extensive personal writings have left a vacuum that in the past has too often been filled by scholarly prejudice or presumption. This volume examines little used manuscript sources to reconstruct Cranmer's theological development on the crucial Protestant doctrine of justification. Ashley Null explores Cranmer's cultural heritage, why he would have been attracted to Luther's thought, and then provides convincing evidence for the Reformed Protestant Augustinianism which Cranmer enshrined in the formularies of the Church of England.

About the Author

Ashley Null was formerly Research Fellow and Chaplain at the London Goodenough Trust, London.