The second part of the trial scene from the 1966 movie "A Man for All Seasons". Thomas More is on trial because he would not take the Oath of Supremacy recognizing Henry VIII as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and failure to do so was treated as treason. Roman Catholics such as More had to take the Oath or were tried and usually executed.
"There is one question I would like to ask the witness. That's a chain of office you're wearing. May I see it? (looking) The Red Dragon. What's this?"
(Cromwell) "Sir Richard is appointed the Attorney General for Wales."
"For Wales. Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. But for Wales?"
@SorokChyetirye Would that he had decayed from extremism altogether.
NearVSMello 1 week ago
worst play ever
sdnum1 2 months ago
the crux of this great film is that those who opposed More couldnt defeat him by argument so they had to resort to lies and deception.A sham show the has continued through the years into the 'war on terror.........................................................
spinozacelt 3 months ago
@sstuddert you are dead right!
lidiabonini 4 months ago
There was a famous atheist of the past century named Charles Bradlaugh. Before he was a staunch atheist, he was a zealous Anglican church school teacher. One day, though he looked at the 39 Articles of the Anglican Church and the Gospels. He confided in a Pastor of the Church that the two seemed to be different from each other. The pastor hastily denounced him as an atheist. Gradually he decayed into extreme atheism.
Now not all are like that pastor, but GOD HAVE MERCY on those who are.
SorokChyetirye 7 months ago
@VictoryRepublican Amen. But modern Protestants do not know any better. They have, like so many, been raised or educated in urban legends. And like all good urban legends, the ones Protestantism has been built on have been debunked. The news now has to diffuse throughout the world that Protestantism is false.
SorokChyetirye 7 months ago
@johnfoxbroncos You might say, dare I?, that More maintained a CHRISTIAN character through and through? :P
outtaker 7 months ago
This trial is as spurious as Christ's was when He was arraigned before Josephus Caiaphas and the other chief priests before His crucifixion. More was not a god as Jesus was but he was still a really good man.
johnfoxbroncos 8 months ago
Proof that protestants are herertics and murderers
VictoryRepublican 9 months ago
@meiguoren777 Exactly More's sentiments! Spot on!
outtaker 10 months ago