Catechism

by Thomas Cranmer

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 edition. ...e, whiche Paule calleth the bathe of regeneration, because oure synnes be forgyuen vs in baptisme, and the Holy Gost is powred into vs, as into Goddes beloued children, so that by the power and wourkynge of the Holye Ghost, we be borne agayne spiritually, and made newe creatures. Titum, iii. And so by baptisme we enter into the kyngdome of God, John iii. a.,,., J r,,, J. Rom.vi. a. and shalbe saued for euer, yf we contynewe to oure lyues Collo. ii. b. ende in tne f the of christe. 1 Pet. m. c. J. Wherfore good children, consydre diligently the strength of baptisme, and marke wel, howe greate treasures and how excellent benefytes you receaued in youre baptisme, that you maye thanke God for the same, and comfort your selfes by theim in al your temptations and endeuoure youre selfes, faithfully to performe al thinges, which you promysed in your baptisme. And that you may do this the better, hear and learne the wordes of our master Christe, by the whiche he dyd ordeyne and institute baptisme. And ofentymes repete the same, that you maye learne them worde-for worde without the boke. These be the wordes of our Lorde Jesus Christe, spoken Mat.xxviii. to his dysciples. Go into the whole world, and teache all 'X7i' nations, and baptise them, in the name of the Father, and the Sonne, and the Holy Gost. He that wil beleue, and be baptised, shalbe saued. But he that wyll not beleue, shall be damned. By these wordes oure Lorde Jesus Christe dyd institute baptisme, wherby we be borne agayne to the kyngdom of God. And you good children shal gyue dilygence, not onely to reherse these wordes, but also to vnderstand, what Christ ment by the same. That when you be demaunded any questyon herein, you maye bothe make a dyrecte answere, and also in tyme to come...

124 pages, Paperback

Published October 24, 2012

About the author

Thomas Cranmer was born in 1489 in Aslockton in Nottinghamshire, England. His parents, Thomas and Agnes (née Hatfield) Cranmer, were of modest wealth and were not members of the aristocracy. Their oldest son, John, inherited the family estate, whereas Thomas and his younger brother Edmund were placed on the path to a clerical career. Today historians know nothing definite about Cranmer’s early schooling. He probably attended a grammar school in his village. At the age of fourteen, two years after the death of his father, he was sent to the newly created Jesus College, Cambridge. It took him a surprisingly long eight years to reach his Bachelor of Arts degree following a curriculum of logic, classical literature and philosophy. During this time, he began to collect medieval scholastic books, which he preserved faithfully throughout his life. For his master's degree he took a different course of study, concentrating on the humanists, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples and Erasmus. This time he progressed with no special delay, finishing the course in three years.[7] Shortly after receiving his Master of Arts degree in 1515, he was elected to a Fellowship of Jesus College

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, Cranmer helped build a favorable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.

During Cranmer's tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, he was responsible for publishing the first officially authorized vernacular service, the Exhortation and Litany. When Edward came to the throne, Cranmer wrote and compiled the first two editions of the "Book of Common Prayer."

Cranmer was tried for treason and heresy after Mary I, came to the throne. Imprisoned for over two years, he made several recantations but, on the day of his execution, he withdrew his recantations, to die a heretic to Roman Catholics and a martyr to Protestants.