Subjects

Lives of the Saints

in The Copy Book

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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.

116

Undoubting Thomas

Abbot Elfric praised St Thomas for demanding hard evidence for the resurrection.

117

Tamed by Wisdom, Freed by Grace

Abbot Elfric expounds a Palm Sunday text to explain how Christianity combines orderly behaviour with intelligent and genuine liberty.

118

Breaking Death

For Jesus Christ to step down alive from his cross would have been a mighty miracle, but not the mightiest.

119

The Six Leaps of Faith

The eighth-century English bishop and poet Cynewulf explores a prophecy from the Song of Solomon.

120

At Heaven’s Gate

The eighth-century English bishop and poet Cynewulf takes us to the threshold of God’s holy city, and gives us a choice.