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Lives of the Saints
Lost Innocence
In the fourth century, Britain’s Christians acquired a taste for watering down the mystery of their message.
by St Bede of Jarrow 672-735
Bible and Saints
The Last Commandment
Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf imagines the farewell between Jesus and his Apostles, forty days after his resurrection.
by Cynewulf fl. ?800
Bede and the Paschal Controversy
The earliest Christians longed to celebrate the resurrection together at Passover, but that was not as easy as it sounds.
Anglo-Saxon Era
The Battle of Nechtansmere
King Ecgfrith of Northumbria dismissed repeated warnings about his imperial ambitions.
St Erkenwald, Light of London
The seventh-century Bishop of London helped kings and clergy to shine Christian light into the darkness of mere religion.
Cynewulf
The Six Leaps of Faith
The eighth-century English bishop and poet Cynewulf explores a prophecy from the Song of Solomon.