Determined not to be the next prelate to be brutally slain in a freak accident, he brilliantly persuades a rich nobleman to donate all his lands to the King and not the Church. However, the King accidentally orders Blackadder's murder anyway.

Blackadder narrowly escapes and is stripped of the title of Archbishop when all three popes realise that he is not suitable priest material.

				Blackadder: You see, the thing about heaven is that heaven is for people who like the sort of things that go on in heaven. Like, well, singing, talking to God, watering pot plants.
				The King: Chiswick! Fresh horses!
				The King: If you cross me, now or ever, I shall do unto you what God did unto the Sodomites, understand?

				The King shouts, "Chiswick! Fresh horses!" This sounds Shakespearean, but it isn't. We've checked.

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			In this particular period of English history it was not considered necessary for Archbishops of Canterbury to believe in God.
			Blackadder's final act as Archbishop of Canterbury is to set fire to a nunnery.