THOMAS CRANMER
By Colin Hamer
EP Books. 126 pages. £5.99
ISBN 978 0 852 347 737
Colin Hamer’s biography of Thomas Cranmer is a timely reminder of the person who has been properly described as ‘the architect of the Church of England’. He was a man who set Scripture in high regard in the time when people were dependant on the words of men.
The readers who are unfamiliar with church history are assisted with a timeline at the beginning and descriptions in the text of unfamiliar terms (e.g. canon law, papal legate) with a glossary and a summary of Cranmer’s theology at the end. The only notable omission is the explanation of the term ‘conservative’ which would assist those who are meeting this term for the first time in the context of the Reformation.
