Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie

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The publication of the Bible was followed by
other books, also set forth by authority, and of a
kind fitted to promote reformation. The first of
these was The Institution of a Christian Man, or
"The Bishops' Book," as it was termed, from
having been drawn up by the prelates. It was issued
with the approval of the king, and was intended to
be a standard of orthodoxy to the nation. Its gold
was far indeed from being without alloy; the new
and the old, a few evangelical doctrines and a great
many Popish errors, being strangely blended and
bound up together in it.
The Institution of a Christian Man was
succeeded, after some time, by The Necessary
Erudition of a Christian Man. This was called "The
King's Book." Published after the Six Articles, it
maintained the doctrine of transubstantiation. In
other respects, The Erudition was an improvement
upon The Institution. Revised by Cranmer, it omits
all mention of what the other had recommended,
namely, the veneration of images, the invocation of
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