Tuesday, 21 March The first full day of Spring and the remembrance of Thomas Cranmer (1489 - 1556) The first Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury

                                          Based on Romans 4:17

        

        Ours

        is the 

        God 

        who  

        gives 

        life to 

        the dead 

        and calls 

        into existence 

        the things that do not exist. 

Thomas Cranmer was the first Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56) after Henry VIII broke from Rome, and adviser to the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI.  As archbishop, he put the English Bible in parish churches, drew up the Book of Common Prayer, and composed a litany that remains in use today  Encyclopedia Britannica) Burned at the stake when England flipped back to Roman Catholic rule under Queen Mary (highlighting the difficulty of mixing religion and politics.)