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In the 1530s, debate raged about the efficacy of prayers for the dead and the...

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Image title: In the 1530s, debate raged about the efficacy of prayers for the dead and the very existence of purgatory. Around 1537 the reformist Bishop of Worcester, Hugh Latimer (c. 1485-1555), prepared for the King a paper in opposition to purgatory. Henry VIII's sharp disagreement is apparent in his marginal comments. He alluded to Latimer's false arguments, wrong examples and reprimanded his bishop for 'his carnal wit, which in preaching you dispraise so much'. When Latimer maintained that the dissolution of the monasteries could be justified only if purgatory was negated, Henry responded with a particularly apt quotation from his schoolboy textbook, the Distichs of Cato
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Papers relating to the Reformation 2nd quarter of the 16th century Source/Shelfmark: Cotton Cleopatra E. V, f.142
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 16th century / nobility / royalty / house of Tudor / Tudor period (1485-1603) / England / United Kingdom / Europe / written language / corresponding / aristocrats / royal / hugh latimer / monarch / manuscript / henry 8th / text / correspondence / 16th century / monarchy / letter / document / henry the eighth / king henry viii / henry viiith / henry viii

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