Church traditions and the creeds (1)

Thomas Cranmer,  the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and chief architect of the Anglican formularies. Real or imagined crises are often the catalyst for the formulation, promulgation and revision of creeds and confessions. During the brief period during which the New Testament writings were being composed, a โ€œtrinitarianโ€ confessional pattern emerged that shaped later credal formularies.  …