Continental influences on the English prayer book, 1549-1552

Abstract

"Continental influence on the English Reformation and on the Book of Common Prayer is often under-estimated. The facts which have been given indicate that it is a factor which ought not to be over-looked or passed over hurriedly in the study of the English Reformation. In its early stages the English Reformation was directed into certain channels of thought by the teachings of the English Humanists who had received their ideas and inspiration from the Humanistic teachers of the Continent. Erasmus, More, and Colet, by teaching an appreciation of freedom of thought in religion and of a search for the truth, prepared the way for religious reform. When the Reformation on the Continent began England was prepared to follow in the path of the religious reformers of the Continent..."--Conclusion.