Ecclesiastical History, Books 2-3: Part I

WEYDEN. St Columba Altarpiece (detail)
c. 1455. Oil on oak panel
Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

Welcome. Hope your weekend was good, that you possibly found leisure in your sabbath and sabbath in your leisure. Today and the next few days we will be discussing the last key sections of Bede's Ecclesiastical History. Pay attention. There is an exam at the end of the week. Next week we are transitioning into Beowulf.

Agenda:

1. Pray
2. Finish Reading Check Quiz on Book III: 10 minutes
1. Who is king Oswald? What deeds does he perform?
2. Who is Brother Aidan?
3. Who is Columba?
4. Which king of the East Angles becomes a monk? How does he die?
5. What was the basic problem at the Synod of Whitby?
3. Announcements: 
1. On reading for this course and how we shall now read
2. On this week and exams
3. On the next week
4. Lecture on books 2-3 of Bede.
1. Notes (10/7): books 2-3
5. Review HW:
1. Finish reading book 4 by tomorrow (10/8)
2. Study notes on Bede
3. Be perfect. (Matt. 5:48)