The First Prayer Book | work by Cranmer | Britannica (original) (raw)
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history of “Book of Common Prayer”
In Book of Common Prayer The First Prayer Book, enacted by the first Act of Uniformity of Edward VI in 1549, was prepared primarily by Thomas Cranmer, who became archbishop of Canterbury in 1533. It was viewed as a compromise between old and new ideas and was in places diplomatically… Read More
viewed by Bucer
In Martin Bucer The First Prayer Book of Edward VI (1549), the liturgical book of the newly Reformed English church that contained evidence of Lutheran influence, was submitted for formal criticism to Bucer, who could not speak English. His assessment, the Censura, delivered to the Bishop Ely a… Read More
