THEO 228 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Whitby Abbey, Gregorian Mission, Celtic Christianity
21 Feb 2020
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A the name of their king, aella, is crunched to mean "alleluia"! The experience stimulated in him the desire to. Known to history as augustine of canterbury as he became the first archbishop of canterbury in kent. Not be confused with more famous augustine, bishop of hippo. In 597 ce landed in britain on the isle of thanet: continued on to canterbury, the main town of iethelberht, the anglo-saxon king of kent, an anglo saxon welcom. Iethelberht welcomed augustine and his company, and gave them living quarters. He also allowed them to preach from st. martin"s church, the private chapel of his wife, bertha. A frankish princess, and a christian: after /ethelberht"s death in 616 ce, some missionaries were temporarily or permanently expelled from their quarters by non-christian rulers likely for reasons combining religion and politics, the gregorian mission expands. In 601 ce pope gregory sent more missionaries to britain.
