5. Bristrianisation Flashcards
After Christ
Three kinds of Christian churches in the British Isles:
-Romano-British Christianity
-Irish (Celtic) church
-Roman catholic church
Christianity appears in Roman Britain in:
2nd century
The protomartyr of Britain:
St. Alban (hid a monk against Roman oppression)
Constantine the Great converts to Christianity in…
313
The Edict od Milan:
313, Constantine the Great introduces religious toleration in the Roman Empire
Christianity as the official religion in the Roman Empire:
380 AD
(Emperor Theodosius)
Patron saint of Wales:
St. David
(symbols: white dove, cross, leek)
St Patrick’s mission to Ireland:
432
St. Patrick’s symbols:
Shamrock, snakes, miracles
Peaceful christianisation happened in:
Ireland (432 AD)
Irish Christianity -characteristics:
-incorporation of pagan elements
-Celtic cross
The female patron of Ireland:
St Brigid od Kildare
Who converted Dalriada and northern Picts?
St. Columba (563)
Missionary center and necropolis for the first Scottish Kings:
Iona
Who christianised Northumbria?
St. Aidsn (651)
Episcopal -meaning:
Roman Catholic Church,
governed by bishops, stress on authority and organisation
Monastic -meaning:
Irish Celtic Church,
governed by monks, stress of converting ordinary people
St. Augustine of Canterbury’s mission to Anglo-Saxons:
597
The rivalry between the episcopal (Roman-catholic) and monastic (Irish Celtic Church) ends in…………..
Synod of Whitby (664) !
-Roman Catholic Church becomes dominant
