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Early British Christianity

Early British Christianity. St. Alban Britain’s 1 st Martyr, 3 rd Century Verulamium – St. Albans, Hertfordshire St. Patrick 5 th Century; from Northwest Britain Of High Roman Family Slave in, Missionary to Ireland Pelagius Britain’s 1 st Heretic, c . 400

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Early British Christianity

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  1. Early British Christianity St. Alban Britain’s 1st Martyr, 3rd Century Verulamium – St. Albans, Hertfordshire St. Patrick 5th Century; from Northwest Britain Of High Roman Family Slave in, Missionary to Ireland Pelagius Britain’s 1st Heretic, c. 400 Theological Opposition to Augustine (Original Sin & Christian Grace) Romano-British Christianity Widespread Constantine & Council of Nicea (325) The Decapitation of St. Alban

  2. Anglo-Saxon Invasion & Christianity 5th Century Britain End of an Era; Beginning of Another Enter the Germans Displacing Native Culture Resistance & Cooperation Regional Kingdoms Christianity Strikes Back Variety of Christian Customs Monastic Foundations; Missionaries Northern Initiatives Southern Initiatives Consolidation of the Church Ecclesiastical Customs Structure of the Church; Link to Rome

  3. 5th Century Britain The End of Roman Britain Retreat of the Empire Decline in Trade, Wealth; Economics (£) Latin Language & Civic Life Reassertion of Local Chieftains/Kings Moving Back to the Hillforts Continuous Elements Christianity (esp. in the North) Some Cities (e.g. York, Canterbury) A Period of Flux Empires don’t just “End” Mystery (Sources are Later) Wroxeter (Viroconium), Shropshire

  4. Enter the Germans The Coming of the Barbarians, c. 450-600 Several Hundred Thousand People Previous Contact (Raiding, Warfare) Angles, Saxons, Jutes; Swedes, Frisians Displacing Native Cultures Cooperation & Resistance Vortigern, German Mercenaries 5th cent; Kent Arthur, Mt. Badon c. 510; Southwest Legend? Myth? Significance? Rapid Expanse & Regional Kingdoms Political Vacuum; Decentralized British Pushing British Authorities North & West The Brut Chronicle, mid-14th cent., Univ. Manchester, English MS 103. (NB: There are many copies of the Brut Chronicle, which dates from the late 13th cent.)

  5. Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms Regional Powers Kent Sussex, Essex, Wessex Norfolk, Suffolk Mercia Bernicia, Deira (N.umbria) Celtic Fringe Cornwall Wales Scotland

  6. 6th Century German Culture

  7. Christianity Redivivus Variety of Christian Customs Localities Removed Lack of Contact w/ Mainland Missionaries & Monasteries Patrick: Ireland (5th) Columba: Iona (mid-6th) Benedict Biscop: Wearmouth, Jarrow (674/81) Northern Initiatives Edwin & Oswald of Northumbria Southern Initiatives Gregory the Great, 597 Augustine to Ethelbert of Kent Spread of Christianity by 680s (Sussex) Key Early Christian Foundations

  8. Lindisfarne Gospels (c. 715); Book of Kells (c. 800) s

  9. Consolidation of the Church Differences Northern/Southern Ecclesiastical Customs Dating of Easter (Calendars) Monastic Tonsure Synod of Whitby, 664 Oswy of Northumbria Church Structure Diocesian Reorganization Primacy of Canterbury Synod of Hertford, 673 Wilfrid, Bp. York; Theodore, Abp. Cant. Centralization of Church Power Canterbury; York; London; Winchester Link to Rome Whitby Abbey, Ruins

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