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Cranmer

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Cranmer
Thomas. 1489--1556, the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533--56) and principal author of the Book of Common Prayer. He was burnt as a heretic by Mary I


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The Book of Common Prayer, now used in the English Church coordinately with Bible and Psalter, took shape out of previous primers of private devotion, litanies, and hymns, mainly as the work of Archbishop Cranmer during the reign of Edward VI.
 
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