19 September 2014 A.D. Thomas Cranmer the Evangelical
19 September 2014 A.D. Thomas Cranmer the Evangelical Kilgrour, Chris. “Cranmer the evangelist.” Church Society. 18 Sept 2014. http://churchsociety.org/blog/entry/cranmer_the_evangelist . Accessed 18 Sept 2014. Cranmer the evangelist Posted by Chris Kilgour, 18 Sep 2014 As ‘Back to Church Sunday’ approaches (21 September), what role, if any, does The Book of Common Prayer have to play? Is it, as it is often seen, a hindrance to evangelism, or can it offer us something when we think about evangelism? Samuel Leuenberger’s article, ‘Archbishop Cranmer’s Immortal Bequest: The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England: An Evangelistic Liturgy’, wants us to see the evangelistic nature of the liturgies that lie at the heart of the Church of England. He starts with a brief discussion of the sources of these changes, and it seems clear that, while the words and structure are Cranmer’s, some of the inspiration came from reformers ...