A Confession of Error Almost 500 Years Ago

Thomas Cranmer was a leader in the English Reformation and the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry VIII, Edward VI and for a short time during Mary I. Cranmer authored the Book of Common Prayer and instituted changes in doctrine, e.g., clerical celibacy. When Mary I became queen, these doctrinal changes were heresy since Mary I was Catholic. Cranmer was put on trial and recanted his position on doctrine but eventually was to be executed. The execution was set for 21 March 1556 and Cranmer was to give a final recanting and confession of sin. He began to do so but then renouncing his recantations saying, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine." He put his hand in the fire to burn first then put himself in the fire. A remarkable thing about this is that many people thought that Cranmer had worked for the English Reformation out of a cynical desire for more power.

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