Sacramentology

A Critical Assessment of Thomas Cranmer's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper, Compared with the Theology of Contemporary English Evangelicalism

by Richard Wardman

This study seeks to answer the question of what happens in the Lord’s Supper.  In order to do so, the mature... more This study seeks to answer the question of what happens in the Lord’s Supper.  In order to do so, the mature eucharistic theology of Thomas Cranmer will be explored and critically assessed.  Cranmer’s theology will be used as a point of reference for discussing the doctrine of the Lord’s Supper as found in numerous forms in contemporary English evangelicalism.  The relevant scriptural passages will also be explored when discussing both Cranmer and contemporary evangelicalism.  In particular John 6 will be discussed in order to further identify what happens in the Lord’s Supper.  The conclusion will then seek to offer comparative remarks and also provide a basis for further discussion.