Sacramentarians
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The Sacramentarians were Christians during the Protestant Reformation who denied not only the Roman Catholic transubstantiation but also the Lutheran sacramental union.
Reading of the Confessio Augustana by Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg, 1530
Anne Askew
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Anne Askew, married name Anne Kyme, was an English writer, poet, and Protestant preacher who was condemned as a heretic during the reign of Henry VIII of England. She and Margaret Cheyne are the only
Sacramentarians
…English society gave rise to intense conflict, and ten radical Christians were executed. Women were less likely to be among those so condemned; even so, Anne Askew, a writer from an important Lincolnshire family with family connections to the royal household, was tortured and burned on July 16 as part of a campaign…
1560 portrait by Hans Eworth
Martyrdom of Anne Askew
Torture of Anne Askew in the Tower of London