12 September 2015 A.D. Thomas Becon’s Catechism & Other Pieces
12 September
2015 A.D. Thomas
Becon’s Catechism & Other Pieces
Works of the Early English Reformers (37 vols.)
Thomas
Becon
(1511–1567) was an English Protestant Reformer, and close ally of Thomas
Cranmer. He was arrested for his Protestant teaching in 1540, but restored to
the Church of England as chaplain to Edward Seymour after Henry VIII’s death.
Thomas Cranmer made him one of the Six Preachers of Canterbury. He was exiled
under the reign of Mary, fleeing to Frankfurt. He returned to England upon
Elizabeth’s succession as canon of the Canterbury Cathedral.
The
Catechism of Thomas Becon, with Other Pieces Written by Him in the Reign of
King Edward the Sixth
Author:
Thomas Becon
Editor:
John Ayre
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Publication
Date: 1844
Pages:
670
Thomas
Becon, an influential English theologian who was Thomas Cranmer’s own household
chaplain, composed this catechism after his release from prison after the death
of Henry VIII. This volume, compiled by the Parker Society, demonstrates the
evangelical undercurrents of the English Reformation. It also includes other of
Becon’s works from Edward VI’s reign, including The Jewel of Joy, The
Castle of Comfort, and The Solace of the Soul.
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