The Venerable Bede and Gregory the Great: exegetical connections, spiritual departures
Scott DeGregorio
This article revisits the familiar comparison between thought and writings of Bede Gregory Great. was keen to foreground his debt past assessments have illuminated aspects it, but this investigation offers a more searching analysis interface biblical exegesis spiritual teaching, subject that highlights Bede's frequent reliance on as well calculated departures from him. Accordingly, first examines different ways in commentaries could deploy Gregory's source, then discusses pragmatic, less mystical thrust sets him apart Gregory.
Early Medieval Europe