The Institution of the Christian Man
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The Institution of the Christian Man (also called The Bishops' Book), published in 1537, was written by a committee of Bishops headed by Thomas Cranmer. The purpose of the work, along with the Ten Articles (1536), was to implement the reforms of Henry in separating from the Roman Catholic Church and establishing the Ecclesia Anglicana. It was considered "reformed" in basic orientation, though it was not strongly Lutheran. The work functioned as an official formulary of the new Anglican faith in England. It was later superseded by other creedal and official statements during the successive reigns of Edward VI and Elizabeth I, as the Anglican Church moved more toward a Reformed theological position.
It was later superseded by the King's Book.
[edit] References
- John Guy, Tudor England Oxford 1991.
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