Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe

1. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe

3. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy

4. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy A. Pope Gregory I and Monasticism

5. Pope Gregory I

6. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy A. Pope Gregory I and Monasticism B. Ireland and Celtic Christianity

7. St. Patrick (c.390-461), Apostle to Ireland A Celtic Cross

10. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy A. Pope Gregory I and Monasticism B. Ireland and Celtic Christianity C. Irish Monasticism

11. The Book of Kells

12. Beginning of Matthew 28

13. St. Columba, 521-597 Columba Bay on Isle of Iona where Columba & companions landed

14. Lindisfarne Priory, founded by St. Aidan in 635 One of the most important centers of early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England

15. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy A. Pope Gregory I and Monasticism B. Ireland and Celtic Christianity C. Irish Monasticism D. Gregory’s Missionary work in Britain

16. Anglo-Saxon tribal kingdoms converted from two sources: Celtic Church from the north & Roman Catholic Christianity from the South (Kent)

17. …We wish you [Abbot Mellitus] to inform him [Augustine] that we have been giving careful thought to the affairs of the English, and have come to the conclusion that the temples of the idols among that people should on no account be destroyed. The idols are to be destroyed, but the temples themselves are to be aspersed w/holy water, altars set up in them, & relics deposited there. For if these temples are well-built, they must be purified from the worship of demons & dedicated to the service of the true God. In this way, we hope that the people, seeing that their temples are not destroyed, may abandon error and, flocking more readily to their accustomed resorts, may come to know & adore the true God. - Letter of Pope Gregory I in Bede, Ecclesiastical History

18. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy A. Pope Gregory I and Monasticism B. Ireland and Celtic Christianity C. Irish Monasticism D. Gregory’s Missionary work in Britain E. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity

19. Anglo-Saxon tribal kingdoms converted from two sources: Celtic Church from the north & Roman Catholic Christianity from the South (Kent)

20. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy A. Pope Gregory I and Monasticism B. Ireland and Celtic Christianity C. Irish Monasticism D. Gregory’s Missionary work in Britain E. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity II. English Missions to the Continent

21. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy A. Pope Gregory I and Monasticism B. Ireland and Celtic Christianity C. Irish Monasticism D. Gregory’s Missionary work in Britain E. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity II. English Missions to the Continent A. Boniface (c.680-755)

22. St. Boniface: Baptizing & Martyrdom Sacramentary of Fulda, 11th century

23. Monks and Their Missions: The Christianization of Northern Europe I. Setting, Personnel, Strategy A. Pope Gregory I and Monasticism B. Ireland and Celtic Christianity C. Irish Monasticism D. Gregory’s Missionary work in Britain E. Fusion of Irish & Roman Christianity II. English Missions to the Continent A. Boniface (c.680-755) B. Role of Women in Missions

25. Spread of Christianity in Europe, c.600 - c.1300