Excerpt from S. Thomas of Canterbury: An Account of His Life and Fame From the Contemporary Biographers and Other Chroniclers The point at issue between king and archbishop, which seems at first sight to be a mere question of ecclesiastical privilege, does not readily' enlist the interest of a modern reader. But looked at more closely the quarrel will be seen to be well worthy of study. Henry and Becket were both reformers; both longed to purge Church and State of abuses which had grown up in times of trouble and ...
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Excerpt from S. Thomas of Canterbury: An Account of His Life and Fame From the Contemporary Biographers and Other Chroniclers The point at issue between king and archbishop, which seems at first sight to be a mere question of ecclesiastical privilege, does not readily' enlist the interest of a modern reader. But looked at more closely the quarrel will be seen to be well worthy of study. Henry and Becket were both reformers; both longed to purge Church and State of abuses which had grown up in times of trouble and transition. But while the aim of each was in the main similar, the means which each would employ were essentially different. Henry intended to reform the Church by, the strong hand of the centralised State, Becket by the force of purely ecclesiastical procedure. One} designed a purification from without, the other a reformation from within. And the unfortunate result of the conflict was that the end which they both had in view was very imperfectly realised. Thirty years after the death of Becket the same complaints against the clergy were heard; the need of reform was as urgent as when Henry II. Undertook the task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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