Who were the early Anglican theologians, and are their written works available?

[heirmiles]

Just wondering with the Reformation if there were theologians who took a reformed perspective within the Anglican faith?
And are their written works available? While the common prayer book is the culmination of the theological discussion during the Reformation, I'm just wondering who were the people who brought this about, and were their written works published?

 

[Philip_B]

There is a collection that can be accessed here

Anglican.net | Orthodoxy in classical Anglican faith

 

[heirmiles]

Wow, thank you so much!

 

[Arcangl86]

Project Canterbury: Bringing Anglican History Online is a good resource

 

[Deegie]

Just wondering with the Reformation if there were theologians who took a reformed perspective within the Anglican faith?
And are their written works available? While the common prayer book is the culmination of the theological discussion during the Reformation, I'm just wondering who were the people who brought this about, and were their written works published?

Yes, there definitely were some who took a reformed perspective. In terms of the people who brought about the Book of Common Prayer, Thomas Cranmer was the author/compiler of the first two editions (1549 and 1552). His major modern biographer believes he started out mainly influenced by Lutheranism in the 1530s but was increasingly convinced by reformers like Martin Bucer and Simon Grynaeus, both of whom held a Zwinglian view of the eucharist. It's been suggested that this theology never really caught on in the Church of England, but Cranmer is definitely still worth a read. There are collected works available in print, but this website looks easy to navigate:

Selected Works of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

The writings of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, adviser to King Henry VIII, influential theologian and Martyr of the Reformation.

luminarium.org

 

[Arcangl86]

Just wondering with the Reformation if there were theologians who took a reformed perspective within the Anglican faith?
And are their written works available? While the common prayer book is the culmination of the theological discussion during the Reformation, I'm just wondering who were the people who brought this about, and were their written works published?

One thing that might be interesting, though it would be a challenge is this. Richard Hooker is one of the most influential ANglican writers of all time and his book, the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, has been heavily influential in Anglicanism, theology as a whole, the English language and politics and law. A few years ago some professors set out to modernize the language to make it easier to read, which is not the same thing as easy to read.