Portrait of Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555), English bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip. Earlier, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey made him his secretary where he came to the notice of King Henry VIII in 1525. In 1535, he and other bishops were called upon to vindicate the king's new title of "Supreme Head of the Church of England." The result was his treatise "De Vera Obedientia", in which he supported the monarch's right to rule as if the King's law was God's law.
Portrait of Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555), English bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip. Earlier, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey made him his secretary and having acquired a knowledge of foreign politics he came to the notice of King Henry VIII in 1525. In 1535, he and other bishops were called upon to vindicate the king's new title of "Supreme Head of the Church of England." The result was his celebrated treatise "De Vera Obedientia", a vindication of royal supremacy. He believed in the semi-divinity of kings, and the divine majesty's right to rule as if the King's law was God's law.
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Location: England, UK
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