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The Reformation · 1547; second book 1571
The Book of Homilies
Thomas Cranmer and others
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What it is
Official sermons to be read in parishes where the clergy could not preach, on scripture, salvation, faith, good works, and obedience to authority.
Why it lasted
The doctrinal instruction most English people actually received, and the practical means by which a national church changed its religion.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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