Formularies of Faith: Articles, The Bishop's Book: The Institution of a Christian Man, and The King's Book: A Necessary Doctrine and Erudition for Any Christian Man (The Library of Anglican Theology)

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“In the time of darkness and ignorance, finding our people seduced and drawn from truth by hypocrisy and superstition, we by the help of God and his word have travailed to purge and cleanse our realm.” —The King's BookAs the Reformation took root in the 1530s, Thomas Cranmer recognized that the Church of England faced a catechetical crisis. How could the English Church articulate its protests against the abuses and inventions of the papacy while also proclaiming the doctrinal truths of the one, holy, and catholic church? Although the Church of England initially attempted to create confessional articles of faith similar to those of Lutheran Germany, Cranmer became convinced that what was needed was a dogmatic manual which could train young priests to bring the Reformation to the local parish. With this goal in mind, the entire English episcopate unanimously endorsed the publication of The Bishops’ Book in 1537. Modeled after Augustine’s Enchiridion and Peter Lombard’s Sentences, the book aimed to give a systematic account of the doctrines, sacraments, prayers, and ethical commitments that made up the foundation of Christian life. In doing so, the book also touched on those much-contested questions of Reformation Europe—purgatory, justification, saints, images, and ceremonies. Yet at the direction of Henry VIII, The Bishops’ Book underwent intense revision as a more conservative mood set in during the early 1540s. The product of this revision was The King’s Book of 1543, a text shot through with that unique blend of nostalgia and reform which has come to be known as Henrician Catholicism.By publishing the confessional articles of the 1530s alongside The Bishops’ Book and The King’s Book, Formularies of Faith allows readers to experience the dizzying path of the Reformation first-hand. Together, these texts ensured that a medieval tradition of... view more