Clip (<5 mins)
History
Reformed
Reformation Theology: Thomas Cranmer's Martyrdom
Theologian
Brad Littlejohn
Duration
2.46
Uploaded to YouTube
1 November 2017
Added to Database
10 November 2025
YouTube description
For the Reformers, doctrines weren’t just opinions—they were to die for. Perhaps the highest-profile martyr of the whole century was Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer, whose bold final confession up-ended Queen Mary's counter-Reformation PR campaign. Learn more about his dramatic final hour, and the debated doctrines that led to his death here, and in our new Reformation reader, Reformation Theology: A Reader of Primary Sources with Introductions: https://davenantinstitute.org/reformation-theology/
