This approach to Christianity did not typically appeal to the clergy of Cranmer’s time since their traditions and training lead them to an orthodoxy based on a precise scholastic definition of doctrine. However, the concept of a Scripture-based faith favored the humanist and educational ideals of the new generation. Against that Erasmian humanist background, Cranmer’s definition of a true doctrine stressed an education in the text and in the early Church Fathers. Under Cranmer, church leaders were either the patristic scholar or the Bible-reading priest. This is the learned culture that the Anglican Church has never ceased to
This approach to Christianity did not typically appeal to the clergy of Cranmer’s time since their traditions and training lead them to an orthodoxy based on a precise scholastic definition of doctrine. However, the concept of a Scripture-based faith favored the humanist and educational ideals of the new generation. Against that Erasmian humanist background, Cranmer’s definition of a true doctrine stressed an education in the text and in the early Church Fathers. Under Cranmer, church leaders were either the patristic scholar or the Bible-reading priest. This is the learned culture that the Anglican Church has never ceased to