The Orthodoxy of the Anglo-Saxons: conversion and loyalty in the pre-conquest English Church
Jack Turner
Though Eastern Christians generally regard the Western part of Church to have split from Orthodoxy permanently in 1054, there been calls by some modify date this as regards Anglo-Saxon Church. These Orthodox lay scholars and bishops argue that was more closely aligned with East rather than Roman Catholic West, evidenced canonisation St Edward Confessor advocacy for King Harold II. This article questions these assertions looking at evidence provided connection Church, well migration Anglo-Saxons Byzantium following Battle Hastings, described Játvarðar Saga. It concludes discussing what implications findings its a technically non-Orthodox saint.
International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church