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'''Thomas Cranmer''' (1489 - 1556) was the  Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-56) under King [[Henry VIII]]. He was a leader of the [[Reformation]] in England, and is known as the "father of the Church of England." He oversaw the creation of the [[Church of England]] Church's foundational documents, the 'Book of Homilies' (1547), the '[[Book of Common Prayer]]' (1549, 1552), and the 'Articles of Religion' (1553), in all of which the supreme authority and sufficiency of scripture for salvation was explicitly stated.

'''Thomas Cranmer''' (1489 - 1556) was the  Archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56) under King [[Henry VIII]]. He was a leader of the [[Reformation]] in England, and is known as the "father of the Church of England." He oversaw the creation of the [[Church of England]] Church's foundational documents, the 'Book of Homilies' (1547), the '[[Book of Common Prayer]]' (1549, 1552), and the 'Articles of Religion' (1553), in all of which the supreme authority and sufficiency of scripture for salvation was explicitly stated.

Cranmer had a broad international perspective, and tried to move England into the path of the wider European Reformation, especially towards the [[Calvinism]] found in the churches of south Germany and Switzerland.  His success in England was due to his skill as a diplomat, his ability to find a judicious balance between opposing religious forces, and his pastoral approach to resolving matters of faith and practice.

Cranmer had a broad international perspective, and tried to move England into the path of the wider European Reformation, especially towards the [[Calvinism]] found in the churches of south Germany and Switzerland.  His success in England was due to his skill as a diplomat, his ability to find a judicious balance between opposing religious forces, and his pastoral approach to resolving matters of faith and practice.