- Cranmer’s 42 Articles of Religion: published in July 1552.
· Strongly protestant and determined to reform the country.
· Confirmed a reformation pathway.
· Influence by Calvin and Luther – rejected purgatory and emphasises Sola Fida.
· The crown with Northumberland at the helm, and Cranmer on his heels, pursued a systematic policy of asset stripping, extracting money from the church though seizing the land and property of the bishops and their bishoprics.