August
663/664 A.D. Synod
of Whitby
Editors.
“Synod of Whitby.” Encyclopedia Britannica. N.d. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/641992/Synod-of-Whitby. Accessed 11 Jul 2014.
Synod of Whitby, a
meeting held by the Christian Church of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria in 663/664 to decide whether to follow
Celtic or Roman usages. It marked a vital turning point in the development of
the church in England.
Though Northumbria had been mainly converted by Celtic missionaries, there was by 662 a Roman
party, which included Queen Eanfled, Bishop Wilfrid, and other influential
people. The Celtic party was led by the bishops Colman and Cedd and Abbess
Hilda. Two accounts of the synod survive, in Bede’s Ecclesiastical
History of the English People and in the life of
Wilfrid by the monk Eddi. King Oswiu decided in favour of Rome because he
believed that Rome followed the teaching of St. Peter, the holder of the keys
of heaven. The decision led to the acceptance of Roman usage elsewhere in
England and brought the English Church into close contact with the Continent.
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