England's Tudor Reformation

It's so hard to not be encapsulated by Alec's style - even in things I'm not mega interested in, he's just so brilliant at conveying information. Need more academics like him!!

Succinct, erudite, eloquent, insightful. Excellent!

Excellent lecture. So insightful.

This series of lectures proves that the Anglican Church is definitely protestant, and has been since Elizabeth i, in spite of the claims of so called 'Anglo-Catholics'. The 'Anglo Catholic' movement started in mid-Victorian times in Oxford. The Oxford Movement [OM] tried to reinterpret parts of the Anglican doctrines, and reintroduce some Catholic doctrines and practices. It was soon after Catholic Emancipation, and when the Catholic Church was reinstating the Hierarchy in England and Wales. and was an attempt to keep people in Anglicanism who would have otherwise converted to Catholicism. However the OM was the gateway to the Catholic Church for some, one high profile case was John Henry Newman. The OM also claimed that Anglican Bishops had retained Apostolic Succession and were so on a par with Catholic and Orthodox Bishops. Leo XIII needed to issue a statement in the 1890s to show this was not the case and the succession was broken in the time of Elizabeth 1 [late C16]. The Anglo Catholic movement has influenced doctrine and liturgy of the the Anglican communion as a whole and not just in 'Anglo Catholic' parishes.

It seems peculiar, at least, that while not even a legitimate creationist, I find these lectures so creative, insightful and brilliant. We are a product of our times, the level of understanding and knowledge in any given period, is not always represented by our actions. Outstanding!

After watching a few videos this has put a few things into prospective for me, Many Thanks

Lots to learn from this lecture. Thanks.

Excellent as always!

A very succinct lecture on the subject!

Excellent lecture! I'm going to watch all of the others. Thanks- just what I was looking for.

Excellent! Thanks so much!

Wonderful - interesting content and so easy to listen to

Excellent lectures. It would have been great if you had numbered them though.

What an awesome, and awesomely told story.

Very interested to see what this next few weeks will bring.

King John error of Judgment reveals just how perilous and highly pressurised being a king job can be . I do see the English Catholics strong ties with Rome as a catalyst for unrest & conflicts

You remind us what "privilege" actually means -- privi lege, private law for the nobility and clergy, with huge exemptions for these "higher orders of society" from the common law for the commoners -- and how England overcame the rule of privilege and built a modern rule of law state, with equal rights under the law. Bravo Henry, for all your sins! We need this clarity today more than ever, as the effort is being made to restore a regime of special privileges and exemptions, in place of modern rights and equality before the law. Your lecture is the more helpful, as this effort to restore an order of privilege is being conducted in the name of a struggle against "privilege", the latter to be sure using a political redefinition of the word to mean its near-opposite. Your support for the Catholic side and its very real privileges at every step when they are taken away, and your attention to the very real downside in Ireland of this great progress, makes this testimonial all the more compelling.

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I can’t hear it well enough, passed.

Excellent presentation! 🤔 A King ascending to taking the throne as a self appointed authority over the Church, as an adulterer, and with a daughter who appointedherself the same authority. 🤦‍♀️ What could possibly go wrong? Nothing to see here .. ... That doesn't sound biblical does it? 🥴 Sarcasm