St Thomas More Influence On Religion

God gave mankind Jesus and the saints to give people a living model of how to live holy, faithful Catholic lives. Saint Thomas More demonstrates this by the actions that he took in his life leading up to his martyrdom. Saint Thomas More was born in London, England on February 7, 1478. As a child, he was the only son of his father Sir John More, who was a lawyer and a judge, to survive. Thomas was sent to a Catholic school and was later in the residence of Cardinal Morton who was Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. While he held residence, he captivated Cardinal Morton with his quick wit, superb intellect, and joyous character. These attributes lead to Thomas to be sent to Oxford in which he entered Canterbury Hall, which was consequently
Thomas More fame as a lawyer was immense at the time and in 1510 he was made Under-Sherriff of London and was appointed to the embassy to Flanders to protect the preferences of the English merchants. After these appointments, he devoted himself fully to the court. Before he was a saint, Saint Thomas More was knighted and appointed to be the sub-treasurer to the king. Thomas More was chosen to be the Chancellor of England which had never been held by a layperson ever before. A layperson is not a member of the clergy. As chancellor, Thomas More defended the Church teachings from heretics and also denied and put down the teachings of the Protestant Reformation. When a decree came from King Henry stating that he was the supreme head of the Church, More resigned his position at chancellorship. For a long while Saint Thomas More lived life in seclusion writing to defend the Church teachings and devoting his time to controversial texts. Thomas More was brought before a council and questioned to as why he did not support Henry's anti-papal action and Thomas answered he had expressed his views personally with the king and had not incurred his