Articles by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer

THE BOOK TO THE READER

Judge not before Thou know mine intent, But read me throughout, And then say thy fill: As thou in opinion Art minded and bent, Whether it be Either good or ill. I care not for praise, Nor slander untrue, Of man nor of child, Whatever he be: Truth need not to fear, Who doth it…

Preface to the Bible

FOR two sundry sorts of people, it seems very necessary that something be said in the entry of this book, by the way of preface or prologue; whereby hereafter it may be both the better accepted of those who hitherto could not well bear it, and also the better used of those who heretofore have…