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St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
This is a list of legal and educational institutions named Thomas More. Legal institutions *Thomas More Building at the Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand, London ** Thomas More Courts, courts of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice *Thomas More Law Center, legal aid organization *Thomas More Society, legal defense organization Educational and religious institutions United Kingdom * Church of St Thomas More, Seaford, East Sussex * Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea, London * St Thomas More Catholic School, Bedford, Bedfordshire * St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear * St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton, Derbyshire * St Thomas More Catholic School, Crewe, Cheshire * St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham, London * St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton, Warwickshire * St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall, West Midlands * St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green, London * St Thomas More Catholic Aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote ''Utopia'', published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state. More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and executed. On his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first". Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
