Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Thomas Cranmer

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Last updated on November 5, 2024.

Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which was one of the causes of the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See. Along with Thomas Cromwell, he supported the principle of royal supremacy, in which the king was considered sovereign over the Church within his realm.

July 2, 1489 - March 21, 1556

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In the midst of life we are in death, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection.

Thomas Cranmer

There was never anything so well devised by men which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted

Thomas Cranmer

Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reasons.

Thomas Cranmer

What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies.

Thomas Cranmer

Lord Jesus, receive my spirit . . . I see the heavens open and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

Thomas Cranmer

And as for the Pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy and Antichrist, with all his false doctrine.

Thomas Cranmer

In the Scriptures be the fat pastures of the soul; therein is no venomous meat, no unwholesome thing; they be the very dainty and pure feeding. He that is ignorant, shall find there what he should learn.

Thomas Cranmer

The learning of the Christian man ought to begin with the fear of God.

Thomas Cranmer

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Thomas Cranmer

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