Bede on Sickness, Episcopal Identity and Monastic Asceticism
Jessica L. Collett
The value of bodily affliction as a means for integrating an active life good works on earth with the contemplative values heaven, prior to return Christ and world's end, remains relatively unexplored, despite suffering saints being common medieval trope. Using work Gregory Great Venerable Bede, this article seeks explore interrelation shed light upon Bede's use his presentation Cuthbert's episcopate forge distinctive understanding links between illness, episcopal identity biblical ordering time, that finds expression in eschatology apocalyptic.
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