![]() Woodcut of the burning of John Hooper, from Foxe's Book of Martyrs. He was one of the first arrested in the famous attempt of 'Bloody Mary' to reverse the spread of the English Reformation. However, the political winds were against Hooper: when staunchly Catholic Queen Mary I came to the throne in 1553, the radical, Puritan Protestantism of Hooper made him an obvious target. In this role he was a fervent and popular preacher, committed to educating his congregation in the faith and serving the poor. ![]() Here he soon became the Bishop of Gloucester. It was later in his life, after some time in Europe, that he returned to England, now married, in the mid-16 th century to lead the charge of Protestantism (inspired by Reformer Ulrich Zwingli) in England. He faced his death with courage, refusing to recant his views.īorn around 1495 in Somerset, England, Hooper (or 'Johan Hoper') was educated at Oxford University and later attended a Cistercian monastery in Gloucester. ![]() On this day in 1555, passionate Puritan and English Reformer John Hooper was burned at the stake for heresy. ![]()
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