
Defender of the Faith
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Oct 28, 2026
Sixteenth-century Bristol-John Latimer
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4:03Elaine WebbNARRATOR
It was the church both of the state and of the people, and there was not a whisper of dissent, for non-conformity was punishable with a cruel death.
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4:14Elaine WebbNARRATOR
The young king was a verbid devotee and an amateur theologian, and his book against Luther gained for him from the Pope in 1521. the proud title of Defender of the Faith.
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4:29Elaine WebbNARRATOR
A very few years suffice to work revolutionary changes, but it may be worthwhile to endeavour to form an idea of what was really the local situation at the date that has just been named.
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4:43Elaine WebbNARRATOR
The town, for it had not become a city, was extremely limited in area, and does not appear to have much increased in population during the previous two hundred years.
The Kindly Ones by Anthony Powell
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55:12Aatif RashidHOST
So let's read this commission.
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55:17Aatif RashidHOST
Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India, etc., to our trusty and well-beloved Giles Delahaye Jenkins, gentlemen, greeting.
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55:36Aatif RashidHOST
We, reposing a special trust and confidence in your loyalty, courage, and good conduct, do by these presence constitute and appoint you to be an officer in our land forces.
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55:49Aatif RashidHOST
And so I think the point Powell is making is that there is a deep irony to this language, because on the one hand, Giles, as Nick is about to reflect on, was not exactly a very trustworthy or good person.
Gertrude Bell-Ronald Bodley, Lorna Hearst
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26:44Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
My own expression may be slang, but it is infinitely preferable, I think.
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26:50Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Would you have me say, when talking of the sovereign, the Queen of England, Scotland, Ireland, Empress of India, Defender of the Faith? If not, why not the national for the national gallery? My life is not long enough to give everything its full title.
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27:07Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
With her father, Gertrude discussed politics.
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27:11Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
She was and remained always a liberal and a Gladstonian.
Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible with Harry Spillaine (Bodleian, 2026)
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13:24Harry SpillaneGUEST
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
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13:35Harry SpillaneGUEST
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
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13:44Harry SpillaneGUEST
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
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13:51Harry SpillaneGUEST
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible with Harry Spillaine (Bodleian, 2026)
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15:36Harry SpillaneGUEST
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
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15:48Harry SpillaneGUEST
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
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15:56Harry SpillaneGUEST
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
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16:04Harry SpillaneGUEST
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible with Harry Spillaine (Bodleian, 2026)
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15:49Harry SpillaneGUEST
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
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16:00Harry SpillaneGUEST
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
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16:08Harry SpillaneGUEST
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
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16:16Harry SpillaneGUEST
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Popular History of Ireland, Book 07-Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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30:49Sabella DentonNARRATOR
The prevention or postponement of the Congress at four must have exercised a decided influence on the expedition of James V., His great armada, having put to sea, after coasting among the out-islands, and putting into a northern English port from stress of weather, returned home without achievement of any kind.
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31:06Sabella DentonNARRATOR
Diplomatic intercourse was shortly renewed between him and Henry, but in the following year, to the extreme displeasure of his royal kinsman, he assumed the much-prized title of Defender of the Faith.
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31:18Sabella DentonNARRATOR
Another rupture took place, when the Irish card was played over again with the customary effect.
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31:24Sabella DentonNARRATOR
In a letter of July, 1541, introducing to the Irish chiefs the Jesuit fathers, Salmeron, Browett, and Capata, who passed through Scotland on their way to Ireland, James styles himself Lord of Ireland, another insult and defiance to Henry, whose newly acquired kingly style was then but a few weeks old.
Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible with Harry Spillaine (Bodleian, 2026)
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14:24Harry SpillaneGUEST
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
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14:35Harry SpillaneGUEST
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
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14:44Harry SpillaneGUEST
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
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14:51Harry SpillaneGUEST
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible with Harry Spillaine (Bodleian, 2026)
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13:24Harry SpillaneGUEST
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
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13:35Harry SpillaneGUEST
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
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13:44Harry SpillaneGUEST
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
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13:51Harry SpillaneGUEST
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible with Harry Spillaine (Bodleian, 2026)
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13:24Harry SpillaneGUEST
He regards Martin Luther as a sort of arch-heretic, a figure who is dividing Europe and causing huge amounts of social, religious, political upheaval.
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13:35Harry SpillaneGUEST
And indeed, Henry VIII writes a book against Luther, a book which earns him the title Defender of the Faith from the Pope.
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13:44Harry SpillaneGUEST
So the fact that Tyndale is taking inspiration from Luther already means that they're on opposing side.
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13:51Harry SpillaneGUEST
And the problem gets worse, really, because as Henry VIII throughout the late 1520s wants to have an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, I'm sure many are familiar with that story of of the way in which the break from Rome happened.
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