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More, St Thomas
More, St Thomas (1478–1535), Lord Chancellor of England. His house in Chelsea was a centre of learning and piety. His most famous work, Utopia (1516), describes an ideal community living by natural law, religion, and reason; it aims satirical barbs at contemporary abuses.
From 1510 More held a series of appointments, succeeding T. Wolsey as Lord Chancellor in 1529. During the 1520s, when the Lutheran controversy raged throughout Europe, he emerged as a zealous defender of Catholicism. He had some part in Henry VIII's Assertio Septem Sacramentorum (1521). However, his reluctance to support Henry in his pursuit of a divorce rendered his political position difficult and Henry's attack on the liberties of the Church in England made it untenable. In 1532, within hours of Convocation's acceptance of Henry's demands (see SUBMISSION OF THE CLERGY), More resigned the Chancellorship. When he refused to take the oath to the Act of Succession in 1534 he was confined to the Tower. He was tried for high treason on a charge of having denied the Royal Supremacy, convicted, and executed. Feast day, formerly 9 July; now, with St John Fisher, 22 June; in CW, 6 July. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "More, St Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "More, St Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-MoreStThomas.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "More, St Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-MoreStThomas.html |
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More, St Thomas
More, St Thomas (1478–1535), English scholar and statesman, Lord Chancellor 1529–32. His Utopia (1516), describing an ideal city state, established him as a leading humanist of the Renaissance. He was imprisoned in 1534 after opposing Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn, and beheaded for opposing the Act of Supremacy. Feast day, 22 June.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "More, St Thomas." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "More, St Thomas." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-MoreStThomas.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "More, St Thomas." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-MoreStThomas.html |
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Thomas More, St
Thomas More, St. See MORE, ST THOMAS.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thomas More, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thomas More, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ThomasMoreSt.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thomas More, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ThomasMoreSt.html |
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