Last Letters Of Thomas More

The Last Letters Of Thomas More
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Authors: Format: ISBN: H x W x D: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	St. Thomas More, Alvaro De Silva, Editor, Soft Cover 0802843948 9 1/4" (23.4 cm) x 6 1/4" (15.8 cm) x 0 1/2" (1.27 cm) Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2001 222

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St. Thomas More
Alvaro De Silva , Editor

This book, consisting of three parts, contains 24 letters written by St. Thomas More while imprisoned in the Tower of London for disobeying King Henry VIII. The first part is an introduction to the background of St. Thomas' imprisonment, his views on conscience and the politics of the time. The second section consists of the actual letters and the third is a commentary on the letters.

These letters give insight into St. Thomas' understanding of conscience in relation to duty to God and country and also into his greatest concerns right before his death.

St. Thomas More

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 06/22
Tridentine Calendar - 06/22

Patron Of: Adopted Children, Civil Servants, Court Workers, Difficult Marriages, Large Families, Lawyers, Politicians, Statesmen, Stepparents, Widowers

Profile
    Studied at London and Oxford. Page for the Archbishop of Canterbury. Lawyer. Twice married, father of one son and three daughters, and a devoted family man. Writer. Friend of King Henry VIII. Lord Chancellor of England, a position of power second only to the king. Opposed the king on the matter of royal divorce, and refused to swear the Oath of Supremacy which declared the king the head of the Church in England. Resigned the Chancellorship, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Martyred for his refusal to bend his religious beliefs to the king's political needs.

Born
    1478 at London, England

Died
    beheaded in 1535; head kept in the Roper Vault, Saint Dunstan's church, Canterbury, England; body at Saint Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, England

Canonized
    1935 by Pope Pius XI

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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