A True Easter
The Synod of Whitby 664 AD
Will be published approx. on 22. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
22 pages
978-0-7283-0170-2 (ISBN)
Description
Sister Benedicta gives an illuminating account of the Synod of Whitby 664 AD, held to discuss the date on which Easter should be celebrated. The Synod has been presented as a clash between Irish and Roman missionaries representing two different kinds of Christianity, yet the two traditions mingled with no clear-cut nationalistic divisions. All participants were agreed upon the centrality of Easter as the feast of the Resurrection, and through looking together towards Jesus as the risen Lord, they resolved their difficulties.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
SLG Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7283-0170-2 (9780728301702)
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SISTER BENEDICTA WARD SLG is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality at the University of Oxford and a supernumerary Fellow of Harris Manchester College. She has written a number of books on early monasticism and on the Middle Ages, and is one of the world's leading writers on the legacy of the Desert Fathers. She is a member of the Sisters of the Love of God, an Anglican religious community in Oxford.