Bede's ecclesiastical history

Question 1

Bede’s ecclesiastical history of the english people

Answer 1

written in 731 by St. Bede/Venerable Bede
invaluable source for early history of anglo-saxon england, especially during St. Augustine conversion period

Question 2

Pope Gregory’s letter to abbot Mellitus

Answer 2

July 18, 601.
said destroy idols but not temples
make shrines for true god, not devils
worship and sacrifice to god rather than devils
(don’t destroy, just rebrand faith experiences)

Question 3

coifi

Answer 3

pagan priest, destroyed idols at goodmanham temple
renounced paganism for “true god” and christianity by destroying shrine

Question 4

christianity in Norway

Answer 4

began in 1000, haakon the good tried and failed, King Olaf II is credited with christianizing