5.3 St. Bede: The Father of English History

By Dr. James Papandrea ( bio - articles - email ) | Jan 29, 2025 | In Way of the Fathers (Podcast)

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In this second episode on St. Bede the Venerable (c. 673–735 AD), Dr. Papandrea talks about the literary legacy of this Doctor of the Church. Bede is not only considered the “father of English history,” but also the “father of English education.” Although he is now most famous for his Ecclesiastical History of England, his contribution to the Church is actually much greater than that.

Links

The Oxford book —St. Bede: The Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Greater Chronicle; Bede’s Letter to Egbert https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ecclesiastical-history-of-the-english-people-the-greater-chronicle-bedes-letter-to-egbert-9780199537235?q=978-0199537235&cc=us&lang=en

The Classics of Western Spirituality book —The Venerable Bede: On the Song of Songs and Selected Writingshttps://www.paulistpress.com/Products/4700-7/the-venerable-bede.aspx

The Ancient Christian Texts book —Latin Commentaries on Revelationhttps://ivpress.com/latin-commentaries-on-revelation

Dr. Papandrea’s Homepage: http://www.jimpapandrea.com

To ask questions, make comments, or interact with Dr. Papandrea, join the conversation in the Original Church Community: https://theoriginalchurch.locals.com/

For more on the interpretation of the Book of Revelation in the Early Church, see Dr. Papandrea’s book, The Wedding of the Lamb: A Historical Interpretation of the Book of Revelationhttps://wipfandstock.com/9781608998067/the-wedding-of-the-lamb/

Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed: https://www.ccwatershed.org/

Dr. James Papandrea is a senior fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and a Catholic member of the faculty at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. A theological consultant for EWTN’s series The Heresies, he is also the writer and presenter for The Original Church series on YouTube. See full bio.

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