Gregory within the including a lengthy chapter on the life, a number of HE, pope’s letters, and the mission Gregory sent to convert the English. In the first chapter Gregory’s of Book II, Bede shares a popular tradition concerning decision to send Gregory’s missionaries to England which makes specific reference to father, King Ælle, and Edwin’s the kingdom of Deira. Bede saw particularly strong connections between Rome, Northumbria and family, connections strengthened through vision and Edwin’s Gregory’s effort. For Bede, Gregory represents Rome and the Church, and it is notable that Gregory is mentioned in two of the letters Bede included in his Rome-based envelope. Pope letter to Edwin (II.17) advises the king to refer to the works of Gregory, Honorius’ ‘your evangelist and my Gregory is also mentioned in Pope letter to lord’. Honorius’ Archbishop Honorius of Canterbury (II.18); the archbishop is encouraged to carry out his duties the rule of your master and The thought of Gregory the Great, ‘following head’. passed on through his writings, was formative to own worldview and composition. Bede’s Patrick Wormald has noted references to Gregory in developing his theme of Bede’s English Christian unity, while others have noted influence upon Gregory’s Bede’s ideology and writing style. Despite influence, Paul lecture crucially Gregory’s Meyvaert’s 1964 Jarrow identified one important distinction between Bede and Gregory. Gregory, in Meyvaert’s in the theme of diversity within whereas Bede felt that assessment, ‘believed unity’, certain kinds of diversity conflicted with the unity and universality of Roman doctrine. Indeed, Bede records two letters in the which evince lenience toward HE Gregory’s seemingly minor deviations in practice. The first was sent by Gregory to Augustine of Canterbury, encouraging Augustine to selectively adopt and employ any variant practices of Christianity determined to be to Almighty The second letter ‘more pleasing God’. (I.30) is addressed to Abbot Mellitus, later Archbishop of Canterbury (619-624), advising
Gregory within the HE, including a lengthy chapter on the pope’s life, a number of Gregory’s letters, and the mission Gregory sent to convert the English. In the first chapter of Book II, Bede shares a popular tradition concerning Gregory’s decision to send missionaries to England which makes specific reference to Edwin’s father, King Ælle, and the kingdom of Deira. Bede saw particularly strong connections between Rome, Northumbria and Edwin’s family, connections strengthened through Gregory’s vision and effort. For Bede, Gregory represents Rome and the Church, and it is notable that Gregory is mentioned in two of the letters Bede included in his Rome-based envelope. Pope Honorius’ letter to Edwin (II.17) advises the king to refer to the works of Gregory, ‘your evangelist and my lord’. Gregory is also mentioned in Pope Honorius’ letter to Archbishop Honorius of Canterbury (II.18); the archbishop is encouraged to carry out his duties ‘following the rule of your master and head’. The thought of Gregory the Great, passed on through his writings, was formative to Bede’s own worldview and composition. Patrick Wormald has noted Bede’s references to Gregory in developing his theme of English Christian unity, while others have noted Gregory’s influence upon Bede’s ideology and writing style. Despite Gregory’s influence, Paul Meyvaert’s 1964 Jarrow lecture crucially identified one important distinction between Bede and Gregory. Gregory, in Meyvaert’s assessment, ‘believed in the theme of diversity within unity’, whereas Bede felt that certain kinds of diversity conflicted with the unity and universality of Roman doctrine. Indeed, Bede records two letters in the HE which evince Gregory’s lenience toward seemingly minor deviations in practice. The first was sent by Gregory to Augustine of Canterbury, encouraging Augustine to selectively adopt and employ any variant practices of Christianity determined to be ‘more pleasing to Almighty God’. The second letter (I.30) is addressed to Abbot Mellitus, later Archbishop of Canterbury (619-624), advising