Thomas Cranmer as a theological and liturgical Reformer of the Church of England: A long-sought "missing link" in English Reformation Research

四年前，阿什利博士在巴黎的法国国家图书馆找到了大主教托马斯·克兰默的“神学档案”，这是一个轰动性的发现，可以对英国宗教改革进行更精确的分析。现在，在DFG两年半的研究支持下，Bennett已经能够评估巴黎“档案”的一部分，并将其与英国以前已知的材料联系起来。重点是“圣餐”的主题和《公祷书》中的相应段落。在这项研究的过程中，克兰默博士发现了其他来源和以前未被认识或几乎没有注意到的神学传统，克兰默将这些传统交织在一起，并塑造成他自己的圣餐概念，特别是，最重要的是，在圣餐中上帝的话语“有效”的具体概念，而且在教会中也是如此。这些线索来自神秘主义、人文主义的新柏拉图主义和宗教改革。由于随着工作的进展，很明显，为了对这个主题做适当的公正处理，Dr. Jesus不得不继续这一调查路线--这在三年前是无法预见的--他相应地改变了最初的研究计划。这条“弯路”占用了他DFG支持的研究时间的最大部分，但它已被证明是非常富有成效的。因此，获得了一个更强大的基础，在来源和一个安全把握克兰默的神学影响，阿什利韦已经回到了最初的计划，在一个更好的位置，以发扬原来的目标的项目。当他的研究完成后，实际上将有可能确定确切的性质托马斯克兰默的神学发展，他如何改造的影响，大陆改革者，以及什么立场，他举行的过程中，英国的改革。因此，我们将能够，因为从来没有，以确定更准确的神学和礼仪的英国教会在改革的交替。

Four years ago Dr. Ashley Null located Archbishop Thomas Cranmer's 'theological archive' in Paris' Bibliothèque nationale de France, a sensational discovery permitting a considerably more exact analysis of the English Reformation. Now, with two and half years of research support from the DFG, Null has been able to evaluate a portion of the Paris 'archive' and relate it to previously known material in England. The focus was on the theme of 'Holy communion' and the respective passages in the Book of Common Prayer. In the course of this research Dr. Null has discovered other sources and previously unrecognized or hardly noticed strands of theological traditions which Cranmer intertwined and moulded into his own conception of Holy Communion, in particular, above all else, into a specific conception of the Word of God 'efficacious' in Holy Communion, but also in the church in general. These strands came from mysticism, humanistic Neoplatonism, and the Reformation. Since it became clear as his work progressed that Dr. Null had to pursue this line of enquiry in order to do proper justice to the topic - something which could not have been foreseen three years ago - he altered the original research plan accordingly. This 'detour' has taken the largest portion of his DFG-supported research time, yet it has proven immensely fruitful. Thus having gained a much stronger foundation in the sources and a secure grasp of Cranmer's theological influences, Ashley Null has returned to the initial program in a much better position to carry forward the original aims of the project. When his research is completed, it will actually be possible to determine exactly the nature of Thomas Cranmer's theological development, how he reworked the influences of the Continental Reformers, and what positions he held during the course of the English Reformation. Consequently, we will be able, as never before, to determine more precisely the theological and liturgical alternations of the Church of England during the Reformation.