Both before and after More, it was deadly to be of any religion which differed from the King's own in England. When the King's religion became Protestant, it was deadly to be a Catholic. It was also deadly to be more Protestant than the King.
“Both before and after More, it was deadly to be of any religion which differed from the King’s own in England. “
A fair statement. There is a reason Baptists hate the idea of a State Church! Frankly, Calvinist or Catholic, in medieval times, it was extremely dangerous to differ from the state church wherever you were at!
A rational defense of More is to point out the times in which he lived, and the fears he had of another peasant’s revolt, only this time in England. But it defies More’s own words to pretend he didn’t seek to stamp out Protestants in England, or that he did not hate (loathe, strongly oppose) Tyndale. For a man of that time, and as busy as More was, to write 750,000 words by hand to oppose Tyndale is indicative of a passionate opposition.