The Life of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury & Martyr | John Baines | HC

The Life of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr. By the Rev. John Baines, M.A., S. John's College, Oxon. London: Joseph Masters, Aldersgate Street, and New Bond Street. MDCCCLV. \nWilliam Laud\nWilliam Laud (7 October 1573 \u2013 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms, he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 and executed towards the end of the First English Civil War in January 1645.\nLaud believed in episcopalianism, or rule by bishops. \""Laudianism\"" was a reform movement that emphasised liturgical ceremony and clerical hierarchy, enforcing uniformity within the Church of England, as outlined by Charles. Its often highly ritualistic aspects prefigure what are now known as high church  views.\nIn theology, Laud was accused of Arminianism favouring doctrines of the historic church prior to the Reformation and defendinp