Thomas More

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Thomas More (7 Februari 1478 – 6 Julai 1535) alikuwa mwanasheria kutoka Uingereza.

Papa Leo XIII alimtangaza mwenye heri tarehe 29 Desemba 1886, halafu Papa Pius XI alimtangaza kuwa mtakatifu mfiadini tarehe 19 Mei 1935.

Sikukuu yake inaadhimishwa pamoja na ile ya John Fisher tarehe 22 Juni kufuatana na kalenda rasmi ya Kanisa Katoliki, na 6 Julai katika Jumuiya Anglikana.
Maisha

Thomas More alizaliwa katika mji wa London tarehe 7 Februari mwaka 1478.

Alisoma katika Chuo Kikuu cha Oxford nchini Uingereza, akaoa na kupata watoto wanne.

Aliteuliwa kuwa Mkuu wa Mahakama wa Uingereza.

Aliandika vitabu kadhaa kuhusu mambo ya kiserikali, na vingine vya kutetea imani ya Kanisa Katoliki.

Pamoja na Mt. John Fisher alishindana na Mfalme Henri VIII kuhusu suala la kuivunja ndoa ya huyo mfalme. Kwa amri ya Henri, wote wawili waliopinga kuvunjwa kwa ndoa yake walifungwa gerezani na kuuawa kwa kukatwa kichwa, kwanza John Fisher tarehe 22 Juni, halafu Thomas More tarehe 6 Julai, mwaka 1535.
Sala yake

Bwana mwema, utujalie neema ya kuyafanyia kazi yale tunayokuomba.
Tazama pia

*Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
*Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
*Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
*Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko
Maandishi yake

Tanbihi: “CW” inarejelea Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More (New Haven and London 1963–1997)
Yaliyotolewa akiwa hai (mwaka)

* A Merry Jest (c. 1516) (CW 1)
* Utopia (1516) (CW 4)
* Latin Poems (1518, 1520) (CW 3, Pt.2)
* Letter to Brixius (1520) (CW 3, Pt. 2, App C)
* Responsio ad Lutherum (1523) (CW 5)
* A Dialogue Concerning Heresies (1529, 1530) (CW 6)
* Supplication of Souls (1529) (CW 7)
* Letter Against Frith (1532) (CW 7)
* The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer (1532, 1533) (CW 8)
* Apology (1533) (CW 9)
* Debellation of Salem and Bizance (1533) (CW 10)
* The Answer to a Poisoned Book (1533) (CW 11)
Yaliyotolewa baada ya kifo chake (mwaka wa utungaji)

* The History of King Richard III (c. 1513–1518) (CW 2 & 15)
* The Four Last Things (c. 1522) (CW 1)
* A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation (1534) (CW 12)
* Treatise Upon the Passion (1534) (CW 13)
* Treatise on the Blessed Body (1535) (CW 13)
* Instructions and Prayers (1535) (CW 13)
* De Tristitia Christi (1535) (CW 14)
Tafsiri

* Translations of Lucian (many dates 1506–1534) (CW 3, Pt.1)
* The Life of Pico della Mirandola (c. 1510) (CW 1)
Tanbihi
Marejeo ya Kiswahili

* John Kabeya na wengine - Maisha ya Watakatifu – ed. T.M.P. Book Department – Tabora 1965, 1989, uk. 214-215
* Pd. Leandry Kimario, O.F.M.Cap. - Mfahamu Mtakatifu Somo Wako - Maisha ya Watakatifu wa Kila Siku pamoja na Watakatifu Wafransisko - Toleo la pili - Dar es Salaam 2021, uk. 180-181
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* Wegemer, Gerard. Thomas More on Statesmanship (1996)
Historia

* Gushurst-Moore, André. "A Man for All Eras: Recent Books on Thomas More" Political Science Reviewer, 2004, Vol. 33, pp 90–143
* Guy, John. "The Search for the Historical Thomas More," History Review (2000) pp 15+
Vyanzo vikuu

* More, Thomas. Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More (New Haven and London 1963–1997) links
* Roper, William. The Life of Sir Thomas More (1556) ed. by Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith (Center for Thomas More Studies, 2003)
* More, Thomas. Utopia (Norton Critical Editions) ed. by George M. Logan and Robert M. Adams (3rd. ed. 2010)
* More, Thomas. Saint Thomas More: Selected Writings ed. by John F. Thornton (2003)
* More, Thomas. The Last Letters of Thomas More ed. by Alvaro de Silva (2001)
Viungo vya nje

* The Center for Thomas More Studies at the University of Dallas
* Thomas More Chambers – The Chambers of Mr Geoffrey Cox QC, MP.
* Thomas More Studies database : contains several of More's English works, including dialogues, early poetry and letters, as well as journal articles and biographical material
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* Sir Thomas More: A Man for One Season , essay by James Wood. Presents a critical view of More's religious intolerance
* More and The History of Richard III
* Thomas More and his Utopia by Karl Kautsky
* Thomas More and Utopias – a learning resource from the British Library
* Integrity and Conscience in the Life and Thought of Thomas More by Professor Gerard Wegemer
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* body and head of Thomas More at Find A Grave
* Patron Saints Index entry – Saint Thomas More biography, prayers, quotes, Catholic devotions to him.
* Trial of Sir Thomas More at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law


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