Erasmus of Rotterdam

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/131christians/scholarsandscientists/erasmus.html


Erasmus

Pious humanist who
sparked the Reformation

posted 8/08/2008


"Would
that the farmer might sing snatches of Scripture at his plough and that the
weaver might hum phrases of Scripture to the tune of his shuttle, that the
traveler might lighten with stories from Scripture the weariness of his

A.F. Pollard: Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation, 1489-1556

On
order with a book review to follow.  The goal is to build a substantive library, including masters theses and doctoral dissertations, on the judicious , scholarly, cautious, and influential Churchman of the Reformed Church of England.  He perished at age 67 due to a murder in the first degree--with malice aforethought, ill will, spite, planning, deliberation and the very specific formation

A.F. Pollard: Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation, 1489-1556

http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1290128839/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_3

Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation, 1489-1556

Book Description
Publication Date: January
10, 2012
556 [Paperback]

A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard (Author)







Unlike some other reproductions of
classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as

Dr. Ashley Null: Thomas Cranmer and the Lively Word

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=15788

"Thomas Cranmer and the Lively Word" By The Rev'd Dr. Ashley NullApril 3, 2012 The Protestant Reformers viewed themselves as Catholic Christians living out the ancient faith according to its most authoritative document, the Bible. Secondly, that the Protestant reformers understood true conversion inspired by God

Rev. David Ould: Thomas Cranmer 2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556

H/T to Rev. David Ould for his post on Thomas Cranmer at http://davidould.net/?p=3660&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+davidould+%28David+Ould%29

It is the 456th anniversary of his death for the Protestant and Reformed faith of the Church of England.

Here is David's post.











Today we remember the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer, killed this day in 1556 under

Vintage Thomas Cranmer: "In the scriptures be the fat pastures of the soul"

H/T to Creedal Christian at:  http://creedalchristian.blogspot.com/2012/03/thomas-cranmer-in-scriptures-be-fat.html.  This is vintage Cranmer. 

Thomas Cranmer: "In the scriptures be the fat
pastures of the soul"



Wherefore,
in few words to comprehend the largeness and utility of the scripture, how it
containeth fruitful instruction and erudition for every man; if any things be

Luminarium: "Martin Bucer" (1491-1551)

http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/bucer.htm





MARTIN BUCER (or Butzer), German Protestant reformer,
was born in 1491 at Schlettstadt in Alsace. In 1506 he entered the Dominican
order, and was sent to study at Heidelberg. There he became acquainted with the
works of Erasmus and Luther, and was present at a
disputation of the latter with some of the Romanist doctors. He became a