▁London . ▁ 1 6 2 2 ; ▁T ract atus ▁de ▁Prov ident i â ▁De i , ▁Cambridge , ▁ 1 6 2 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁Def ens io ▁E cc lesia e ▁Ang lic ana e , ▁C rak anth or pe ' s ▁best - known ▁controvers ial ▁work , ▁was ▁not ▁published ▁till ▁after ▁his ▁death , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁( 1 6 2 5 ) ▁by ▁his ▁friend ▁John ▁B ark ham , ▁who ▁also ▁pre ached ▁his ▁fun eral ▁ser mon . ▁Marc anton io ▁de ▁Domin is , ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁Sp al atro , ▁came ▁to ▁England ▁as ▁a ▁convert ▁to ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England , ▁having ▁published ▁his ▁reasons ▁in ▁a ▁book ▁called ▁Cons il ium ▁Pro fection is ▁( He idel berg ▁and ▁London ▁ 1 6 1 6 ). ▁After ▁about ▁six ▁years ' ▁residence ▁in ▁England ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Rome , ▁and ▁published ▁a ▁ret ract ation ▁( Cons il ium ▁Red it us ). ▁A ▁perfect ▁storm ▁of ▁v itu per ation ▁broke ▁out ▁against ▁him . ▁C rak anth or pe ▁answered ▁in ▁his ▁Def ens io ▁E cc lesia e , ▁taking ▁the ▁ret ract ation ▁ ▁sentence ▁by ▁sentence , ▁and ▁pour ing ▁out ▁a ▁stream ▁of ▁inve ct ive . ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁was ▁full ▁of ▁errors ; ▁it ▁was ▁edited ▁at ▁Oxford ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 7 . ▁Several ▁other ▁works ▁written ▁by ▁him ▁of