30 March 1533 A.D. Cranmer Appointed to Canterbury, But Didn’t Want It; Consecrated 30 Mar 1533
30 March 1533 A.D. Cranmer Appointed to Canterbury, But Didn’t Want It; Consecrated 30 Mar 1533 Graves, Dan. “Cranmer Got the Top Job but Didn’t Want it!” Christianity.com. May 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1501-1600/cranmer-got-the-top-job-but-didnt-want-it-11629953.html . Accessed 27 Mar 2015. When Thomas Cranmer learned he had been named Archbishop of Canterbury by King Henry VIII, he balked. Visiting Germany at the time to promote the King's interest in a divorce, he dawdled seven weeks getting back to England. Although the King's word was law, Cranmer hesitated to accept the position. The English church was in a turmoil over the question of Henry's desired divorce from Catherine. Having presented him with no male heir, the queen, once so charming to Henry, was now repugnant. Yet he could not get the Pope to agree to an annulment. Cranmer had come to the King's attention when, in conversation with two of Henry...