12 May 1521 A.D. St. Paul's, London: Book Burning, Bp, Fisher's Sermon, & Luther's Trumpet Blast Against Henry VIII
12 May 1521 A.D. Bishop Fisher’s Sermon and Book-Burning (Luther’s Works) at St. Paul’s, Henry’s Response Entitled Assertio Septem Sacramentorum , and Luther’s Counter-Blast Against Henry with Contra Henricum Regum Angliae (15 July 1522) ; Luther: “ The King of England, this Henry, clearly lies, and with his lies, acts the part of a comic jester rather than that of a king” and “ Nor is it much if I despise and bite this earthly King…” A few notes from Prof. Clebsch’s volume . Clebsch, William. England’s Earliest Protestants: 1520-1535. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1964. It is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Englands-earliest-Protestants-1520-1535-publications/dp/B0007DK7XA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377565405&sr=8-1&keywords=william+clebsch+england%27s+earliest+protestants Chapter 2—England’s Initial Repudiation of Luther, 11-23 The Crown, Church and some scholars spring to a defense. But, aside from Fisher, More,...