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Masters of the English ReformationAnglican martyrsMASTERS OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION Congratulations to the publishers for this reprint. In a day when our country’s attitude towards Roman Catholicism is so lax and genial this book could not be more timely. Beautifully presented, it would make an ideal gift for a history lover, an appetiser for someone who isn’t, or a treat for oneself. The author brings out so vividly the drama, dynamism and inspiration of the 16th century, in the very readable accounts of the lives of Thomas Bilney, William Tyndale, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer. It is so very evident throughout that the main effective tool used to bring about the Reformation was the all powerful Word of God, and its translation into the English language. Surely every Christian ought to have a working knowledge of these events which shook the world and gave us the religious freedom we enjoy today. If you want your heart warmed, your spirit kindled and to be drawn closer to God, make sure you read this book. These men were full of zeal and courage, yet they were flesh and blood with feet of clay as others. Read how they were enabled to endure the stake, and then try to put yourself in that position. As Marcus Loane wrote of Latimer’s famous ‘candle’ quotation — ‘That light is now in our keeping, God grant that we may never allow its flame to go out.’ Margaret McNabb,
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