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

托马斯·克兰麦作为英国国教神学和礼仪改革家：英国宗教改革研究中长期寻找的“缺失环节”

• 批准号: 213868410
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Dorothea Wendebourg
• 金额: --
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2011-12-31 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/213868410?language=en
• 关键词: Thomas; Cranmer; theological; liturgical; Reformer

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.

四年前，阿什利·努尔博士在巴黎法国国家图书馆找到了大主教托马斯·克兰默的“神学档案”，这是一个轰动的发现，使人们能够对英国宗教改革进行更加精确的分析。现在，在 DFG 两年半的研究支持下，Null 已经能够评估巴黎“档案”的一部分，并将其与英国先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，努尔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，克兰麦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，形成了上帝之道在圣餐中“有效”的特定概念，而且在整个教会中也“有效”。这些思想来自神秘主义、人文主义新柏拉图主义和宗教改革。随着工作的进展，Null 博士清楚地意识到，为了正确地对待这个主题，他必须进行这一调查——这是三年前无法预见的——他相应地改变了最初的研究计划。这个“绕道”占用了他 DFG 支持的研究时间的大部分时间，但事实证明它非常富有成效。因此，阿什利·努尔在资料来源中获得了更坚实的基础，并牢牢掌握了克兰麦的神学影响，因此回到了最初的计划，以更好的方式推进该项目的最初目标。当他的研究完成后，实际上将有可能准确地确定托马斯·克兰麦神学发展的本质、他如何重塑大陆宗教改革家的影响，以及他在英国宗教改革过程中所持的立场。因此，我们将能够前所未有地更准确地确定宗教改革期间英国国教神学和礼仪的更替。