ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE (672-735 AD) - St Bede was born at
Wearmouth England in 672, Bede was entrusted to the care of the abbot
Benedict Biscop at the monastery of St. Peter in Wearmouth, near
Sunderland in northeastern England. In 685 he moved to a new monastery
in Jarrow and records suggest that he never moved from there until his
death, devoting himself to the study of the scriptures and to the
writing of history with which he became more famous.
His effort for the rest
of his life was to bring to his fellow countrymen the teachings of the
four great Western doctors: Jerome, Augustine, Ambrose and Gregory.
Venerated as the “light of the Church” in the period called the Dark
Ages and as a forerunner of the eighth and ninth century renaissance of
the Western Church.
At the time of his death he was working on a translation of the Gospel of St. John into English. He did this for the last 40 days of his life. When the last passage had been translated he said: "All is finished."
He died at Jarrow in 735, but his remains were transferred to Durham
cathedral in 1370 He was the last of the early church fathers and
declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII.
(Image: the final work of St. Bede, dictating to a scribe while on his deathbed.)
He also wrote about the prophecies concerning the Great Monarch that would bring an era of peace near the end times and that he would rule the Roman Empire, which would also encompass Greece. This king would crush paganism and spread Christianity.
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St. Bede: “And then will arise a king by name and of steadfast mind. The same will be the steadfast king of the Romans and Greeks... and the King himself will have before his eyes the scripture saying: “The king of the Romans will claim for himself the whole kingdom of the lands; therefore he will lay waste all the islands and cities, and destroy all the temples of the false gods, and all the pagans will he call to baptism, and the cross of Christ shall be raised over all the temples...”
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(Image: the final work of St. Bede, dictating to a scribe while on his deathbed.)
He also wrote about the prophecies concerning the Great Monarch that would bring an era of peace near the end times and that he would rule the Roman Empire, which would also encompass Greece. This king would crush paganism and spread Christianity.
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St. Bede: “And then will arise a king by name and of steadfast mind. The same will be the steadfast king of the Romans and Greeks... and the King himself will have before his eyes the scripture saying: “The king of the Romans will claim for himself the whole kingdom of the lands; therefore he will lay waste all the islands and cities, and destroy all the temples of the false gods, and all the pagans will he call to baptism, and the cross of Christ shall be raised over all the temples...”
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