Test 3: Ecclesiastical History & Cuthbert's Letter

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in accordance with; following

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pursuant

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still in existence

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extant

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a reader, especially one who reads in church services

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lector

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begun; started

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commenced

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a theory of the origin of the universe

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cosmogony

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points of high land that jut out into the sea

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promontories

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to solemnly renounce

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abjure

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the Regular Monachorum which formed the basis of Western monasticism; established by an Italian hermit

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Benedictine Rule

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advising or urging earnestly

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admonishing

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declarations emphatically urging someone to do something

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exhortations

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charging suddenly out of a besieged place against an enemy

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sallying

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“Anglo-Saxons”; the powerful nations of Germany that invaded England in the fifth century

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Saxons, Angles, and Jutes

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fear and anxiety about something that may occur

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trepidation

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sent St. Augustine to England to lead the country’s conversion to Christianity

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Pope Gregory

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able to be crossed at a shallow place

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fordable

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the study of poetry and poetics

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prosody

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effective

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efficacious

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moral or intellectual improvement

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edification

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approval; appreciation

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approbation

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ordained to a sacred office; made or declared sacred

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consecrated

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an official order; commission

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mandate

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having unlimited power; all-powerful

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omnipotent

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goodwill; compassion; generosity

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beneficence

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stopping; ceasing

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desisting

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opinions or feelings

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sentiments

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a letter exhorting (strongly encouraging) someone to do something

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hortatory epistle

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Bede’s masterpiece

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Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation

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He taught lessons every day to us his pupils …; busied himself in signing psalms.

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Cuthbert’s description of some of the activities of Bede

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another important figure who embraced Christianity

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King Edwin of Northumbria

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Bede’s possessions at his death

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pepper, napkins, and incense

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contained an altar and choir; library and scriptures

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the monastery at Jarrow

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what Bede exhorts his brothers to do

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“shake off the sleep of the soul,” and to think upon their last hour

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to whom Augustine first brought his message when he arrived in Britain

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Aethelbert, the king of Kent

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“a roof high upreared, o’er the children of men”

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a metaphor for sky in “Caedmon’s Hymn”

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the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were invited to Britain for this purpose

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to help the Britons fight the Picts coming down from the North

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how Bede provides credibility to his work of history

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by carefully explaining his authorities - where they were educated, who they received their information from, and how they received it

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Bede’s broadly liberl education

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Latin classics, prosody, mathematics, medicine, history, and physical science

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a piece of extant English literature composed on English soil

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“Caedmon’s Hymn”

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a pupil of Bede’s; became the next Abbot of Jarrow

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Cuthbert

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an English abbess related to the Anglo-Saxon kings of Northumbria; founded a monastery for men and women in 658

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Hilda of Whitby