Archbishop of Canterbury

On June 8th, 1762, Samuel Johnson wrote a letter to a woman who had requested his help. The task for Samuel Johnson was to ask the archbishop of Canterbury for patronage to have the woman’s son sent to a university. This was certainly a big and almost impossible task for Samuel Johnson. Therefore, Johnson replied to the woman who had requested his help with great denial. But how can people craft their denial to someone who is possibly in great need of help? Samuel Johnson was able to craft his denial through powerful use of diction, complex syntax, and the use of ethos, logos, and pathos. “I hope you will believe that my delay in answering your letter could proceed only from my unwillingness to destroy any hope that you had formed.” (Johnson,…

In 1374, he received the crown living of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, which he retained until his death. Wycliffe received his early education close to his home. It is not known when he first came to Oxford, with which he was so closely connected until the end of his life, but he is known to have been at Oxford around 1345. Thomas Bradwardine was the archbishop of Canterbury, and his book On the Cause of God against the Pelagians, a bold recovery of the Pauline-Augustine doctrine of grace,…

The Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, William Carey, was a guest speaker. To the surprise of the wider Canadian Church, the Archbishop had personally chosen to come to Canada in response to the invitation from “Essentials” and address the assembled gathering. While we were seen by the wider Church as a strange and not-to-be-trusted entity, the Archbishop encouraged our faithfulness in upholding the authority of the Holy Scriptures and to press on in holding a standard of accountability…

Henry Chichele was a fifteenth century Archbishop of Canterbury who lived from 1364 to 1443. His tomb at Canterbury Cathedral was crafted during the first half of the fifteenth century. The tomb is historically significant because it is a well preserved early example of a cadaver tomb, or transi. Transi memorials in England first appeared in the late fourteenth century and remained popular among the upper class, particularly affluent clergy until the sixteenth century. Transi are typically large…

has the interpretation that the Puritans where a threat to the unity of the Elizabethan church but also Elizabeth’s rule itself. He argues that members of the Privy Council did show some sympathy towards the puritans because of witgifts treatment of them “Leicester, Walsingham and Burghley – sympathised with the puritans and bitterly resented Witgifts treatment of the.” It is known that “Whitgift would accept nothing but complete and unreserved subscription.” Neal has clearly saw that the…

St. John Rigby was one of the forty martyrs of England who was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970. St. John was born somewhere close to Wigan, England and had friendly relations with the church. When St. John admitted that he was a Catholic, the people didn't seem to like it and he was placed in a nearby prison called Newgate. On June 21, he was hanged at a place called Southwark. St. John was given two chances to change his word but refused and is now a martyr. The feast day of St. John Rigby is…

As always, to begin learning about a person, one starts with informing the learner about their early days. Thomas a’ Becket was born in London in the year 1118. His parents came from Normandy then setteled in England. He worked as a secretery for Sir Richer de L’Aigle after he stopped attending school. He later also worked for Osbert Huitdeniers He later became one of the most trusted clerks when he entered the service of Theobold, who was the archbishop of Canterbury, and gained the favor over…

Position: Thomas Becket did not actively seek out martyrdom and is simply a martyr in every sense of the word. Thomas Becket never sought out power in any point in his life, it was simply given to him. The same is true of his martyrdom. Becket is quoted as saying, “While I ate out of the King’s dish/to become servant of God was never my wish” (Eliot 45). Becket never asked to become archbishop or a member of the clergy. These positions were given to him and ultimately caused his martyrdom by…

eoffery Chaucer, the greatest English poet of his lifetime, is estimated to have been born in 1343. Throughout his life, Chaucer became a page in a royal house, a soldier, a diplomat, and even a royal clerk. Geoffery was born in to a middle class family, he was the son of a merchant. During the beginning of his life time, Chaucer worked for the wife of Lionel of Antwerp, the daughter-in-law of Edward III, as page. During his time as a soldier for the English Army in France, Chaucer was captured…

positive outlook of death is to focus on the happy and great times one had while they were alive. To remember the good times in that person’s life and the legacy they left. Two of the text read this semester focus on this idea. In the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, the narrator reveals to the reader that the goal of the journey is to visit the shrine of Thomas á Becket, who was Archbishop of Canterbury. The pilgrims are going to honor and celebrate his life. The respect they have…