Nicholas Ridley (Bishop)
Nicholas Ridley (* around 1500 in Northumberland , † October 16, 1555 in Oxford ) was Bishop of Rochester in England .
Nicholas Ridley was born in the early 16th century, the second son of Christopher Ridley, a member of a prominent Northumberland family. He received his education at the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. He then studied at Cambridge University . There he received his master's degree in 1525. Shortly afterwards he was ordained a priest and went to Paris , where he deepened his studies at the Sorbonne .
After his return to England (around 1529) he was appointed chief proctor of Cambridge University in 1534. At that point there was a significant controversy over the authority of the Pope . Ridley, who had acquired a profound knowledge of Biblical hermeneutics , persuaded the university to pass the following resolution, which, in a slightly modified form, became one of the Articles of Faith of the Anglican Church : “That the Bishop of Rome derived no further authority and jurisdiction from God, in that Kingdom of England , than any other foreign bishop. ”In 1537 he received a second degree from Cambridge (the Bachelor of Divinity, which Cambridge holds as a higher degree as opposed to most bachelor degrees) and became chaplain ( adjunct ) to the Archbishop of Canterbury , Thomas Cranmer appointed.
In 1538 Cranmer appointed him Vicar of Herne in Kent. In 1540 he became royal chaplain and received a seat in the choir of Canterbury Cathedral . He also received a Masters from Pembroke College , Cambridge. In 1543 he was accused of heresy , but he successfully defended himself against this charge. He was ordained as Bishop of Rochester in 1547 . Shortly afterwards, he ordered that tables should be set up in the churches of the diocese in place of the altars to celebrate the Lord's Supper .
After Mary (nicknamed "the bloody" or "the Catholic") ascended the throne, he was tried in Oxford in 1555 before a commission of theologians, and he was burned at the stake with Hugh Latimer . Therefore he is honored as a martyr by the Anglican Church . He shares the anniversary of October 16 with Latimer. The Episcopal Church of the United States of America also commemorates Thomas Cranmers on this day, who was executed at the same place in March of the following year; in the Church of England , Cranmer has its own memorial day in March. Ridley's day of remembrance in the Evangelical Name Calendar of the Evangelical Church in Germany is October 17th. Latimer's final words were addressed to Bishop Ridley: “Play man, Master Ridley; on that day, with God's grace, we will light such a candle in England that it will never go out! "
literature
- Franz Wöhrer: RIDLEY, Nicholas. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 299-301.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ National Gazetteer (1868) - Newcastle upon Tyne . In: Newcastle Gazzette . GENUKI Charitable trust. 1868. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 29, 2007.
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Index Number 101023631
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Holbeach |
Bishop of Rochester 1547–1550 |
John Ponet |
| Edmund Bonner |
Bishop of London 1550–1553 |
Edmund Bonner |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ridley, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Rochester in England |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1500 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Northumberland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1555 |
| Place of death | Oxford |