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Thomas More
Sir Thomas More, oil on panel by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527; in the Frick Collection, New York City.
Thomas More published several polemical works to defend the Catholic faith and refute Protestant teachings. His writings against heresy include:
- Responsio ad Lutherum (1523): A response to Martin Luther written to vindicate King Henry VIII’s defense of the seven sacraments.1
- A Dialogue Concerning Heresies (1529): The first and most prominent of his polemical books written after he was commissioned to read and refute heretical writings in the English language.1
- The Confutation of Tyndale’s Answer (1532 and 1533): A two-volume work that focuses on the nature of the church and addresses the writings of William Tyndale.2
- Apology (1533): A work in which More defended England’s antiheresy laws and his own actions regarding heretics.2
- Debellacyon (1533): Another book published in 1533 that continued his defense of the old faith and his handling of heretics.2