tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post3831570887872607901..comments2024-03-26T02:26:10.065-05:00Comments on Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Cardinal William Allen, RIPStephanie A. Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14796489639420491857noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-22230626873770166092010-10-17T08:23:42.480-05:002010-10-17T08:23:42.480-05:00I think there might be some controversy about his ...I think there might be some controversy about his being named Cardinal as it was in anticipation of him becoming the Archbishop of Canterbury upon the great triumph of the Armada, the uprising of Catholics in England, and the overthrow of Elizabeth I. Allen and Robert Persons, SJ seriously misunderstood the position of Catholics in England around the time of the Spanish Armada.Stephanie A. Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14796489639420491857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-21599036532439054602010-10-16T09:21:07.774-05:002010-10-16T09:21:07.774-05:00Thanks Stephanie, never read anything about the ma...Thanks Stephanie, never read anything about the man who brought forth the Douai-Rheims Bible.<br /> His politics was more than controversial, me thinks! Hindsight always being 20-20, he (and the whole scheme) was just disastrously wrong.<br /> So he was made a Cardinal not being a Bishop? Was he the first English cleric to receive this honor?Matthew Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564546155986482730noreply@blogger.com