The Pearl of Great Price
A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
The Pearl of Great Price
Sep 24 Bede the Venerable and the Synod of Hertford
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Tim Byron
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Season 9
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Episode 24
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A key moment in English History - the first synod of Bishops which stabilised the church with its diocesan boundaries, unified England and clarified marital practice. We have records because of the first Historian of Christian Europe, a Benedictine Monk from the North East - St Bede