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Hugh Latimer

English Reformers

A short biography of Hugh Latimer (c. 1485–1555), converted through Thomas Bilney, Bishop of Worcester, preacher to Edward VI, and martyr at Oxford with Nicholas Ridley.

#Hugh Latimer #Preaching #Cambridge #Edward VI #Martyrdom #Oxford #Henry VIII

John Fisher

Catholic Opponents of the Reformation

The scholarly Bishop of Rochester who led the English theological attack on Luther and died for refusing Henry VIII’s supremacy.

#John Fisher #Roman Catholicism #Henry VIII #Thomas More #Martyrdom #Cambridge

Matthew Parker

English Reformers

A brief biographical sketch of Matthew Parker (1504–1575), Archbishop of Canterbury under Elizabeth I.

#Matthew Parker #Canterbury #Elizabeth I #Thirty-Nine Articles #Anglicanism #Cambridge

Thomas Bilney

Reformation Martyrs

A brief biographical sketch of Thomas Bilney (c. 1495–1531), converted through Erasmus’s New Testament, the means of Hugh Latimer’s conversion, burned at Norwich.

#Thomas Bilney #Cambridge #Hugh Latimer #Greek New Testament #Martyrdom #England