A Feast of Scripture
A distinctive feature of Thomas Cranmer's reforms of the worship of the English church was the prominent place he gave to the extensive reading of Scripture. ...
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Richard Sibbes: The Glory of God is Greatest in the Gospel...
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William Perkins on Seven Differences between the Law and Gospel
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No Creed But The Bible?
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No Creed But The Bible?- Carl Trueman on the unbiblical creedal statement, "The bible is our only creed and our only confession."...
Philip Schaff: The 39 Articles Are Reformed
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Philip Schaff: The 39 Articles are found in every collection of Reformed confessions....
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Dispositional Soteriology: Jonathan Edwards on Justification by Faith Alone
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Thomas Cranmer's Revolution in Worship: Grace and Gratitude
September 16, 2021 by John Fonville | Category: Liturgy | Tags: worship, Book of Common Prayer, Thomas Cranmer, Liturgy, Anglican piety, Reformation Sunday, Protestant Reformation, opus Dei (God's Work), Gratitude, grace
Thomas Cranmer: A Theological Liturgist
September 16, 2021 by John Fonville | Category: Liturgy | Tags: Thomas Cranmer, Reformation, Liturgy, lex orandi lex credendi, Reformation Anglican Worship, Reformation Anglican, lex credendi lex orandi
Thomas Cranmer was a theological liturgist, which means the Reformer possessed a set of theological convictions that he hoped to express through his liturgy. These theological convictions were a clear step away from the worship of the medieval Catholic Church and the theological convictions that it represented....
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