The purpose of this article is to analyze two works of the outstanding English reformers of the 16-th century - W. Tyndalе and J. Frith, written in connection with the incident of William Tracy, Toddington’s esquire from Gloucestershire, who was declared a heretic after his death. Each of the reformers analyzes in detail “The Testament of master William Tracy” and gives his own assessment of the Gloucestershire Esquire’s views. Using the method of hermeneutic analysis, the author of this study concludes that the positions of J. Frith and W. Tyndale coincided in many respects with the principles and views of the testator, who preached the reformation doctrines. The fragments concerning the interpretation of purgatory, the resurrection of the soul after death and one of the main Protestant dogmas on justification by faith, are considered in more detail in this article. It is also emphasized that the Testament of W. Tracy became a model for the preparation of wills in the Protestant spirit in England in the second half of the 16-th century.
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