A Man for All Seasons - An Inquiry

A scene from the 1966 movie "A Man for All Seasons". Thomas More has been imprisoned for refusing to sign the Act of Succession recognizing Anny Boleyn's offspring as the legal heirs to the throne of England. Here he has been called before Secretary Cromwell, the Duke of Norfolk, and a bishop from the new Church of England. They try to get him to sign the Act, whether by threat or reason (Cromwell and the bishop) or by plea to friendship (Norfolk). More refuses to sign.

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[spasjt]

OH JUSTICE IS WHAT YOUR THREATENED WITH!!!!!!!

Then I'm not threatened.......

LOL!!!!!

Brilliant!!!!!

[morgandrim]

Clever man - as was - St. Thomas More !

[PInk77W1]

St Thomas More, pray for us

[FredDude27]

I could watch this conversation for an hour just to watch those accusers squirm :D

[xx9933yyzz]

Epic intellectual pwnage... Why can't today's people be this smart like Thomas More?

[NearVSMello]

@richo61 No one from this time was cuddly. When judging the character of a historical figure it is unfair not to consider the times he was brought up in - whether or not brutality and murder was socially commonplace.

[plharn]

@richo61 Well this is a movie based on a play. It is, of course, going to have a protagonist and be told from a character's perspective--hardly propaganda. It is also misleading to say he executed people for reading the bible in English. His issues were with what he saw as inaccurate translations with the Tyndale Bible. As Lord Chancellor there were six heretics put to death, but this was hardly an uncommon practice for heresy at the time for Protestants or Catholics. Think Calvin.

[richo61]

Excellent propaganda - but Thomas Moore also had people executed for owning or reading the bible in English.

Google "Tyndale Bible"

[TheRjb2010]

On this, the feast day of St. Thomas More, may those of us who follow in his footsteps see from his example, and know the lesson that those who do not learn from history ARE destined to repeat it.

The King's good servant, but God's first.

[TheRjb2010]

On this, the feast day of St. Thomas More, may those of us who follow in his footsteps see from his example, and know the lesson that those who do not learn from history ARE destined to repeat it.

[TheSnowballEarth]

Thumbs up if this film is in your personal Top Ten!