divinely prompted to do Later in the same chapter, Bede notes that similarly, ‘being so.’ the pagan destruction of the pagan temples was done the inspiration priest Coifi’s ‘through of the true Presented as they are in the chapter following the account of God’. Edwin’s mystical encounter, the reader is invited to see not only divine providence in the conversion of counsellors, but also retrospectively in the mysterious Edwin’s king’s visitation in exile. Bede places exile at the heart of a mission and election narrative which Edwin’s details the conversion of Northumbria and the spread of Christianity. We have already seen a few examples of biblical references and allusions in narrative about Edwin. Bede’s His inclusion of Pope letter quoting I Corinthians is particularly striking: Boniface’s letter was sent to the foundling Christian Church in Corinth, while Pope Paul’s Boniface’s letter to Æthelburh addresses the needs of the foundling Church in Northumbria. The letter is itself reminiscent of scripture. The typological resonance between the pope’s apostolic Church and the converts of Paulinus is first articulated by Pope Boniface’s quotation, but there is little doubt that Bede would have been aware of the signifance of Pope choice of scripture when he included the letter in II.11. By Boniface’s pope’s incorporating the letter into the Bede shared a papal endorsement of a HE, pope’s typological link between the new Christians of Northumbria and the early Christians of the New Testament. Readers of the who continued to read through the account of HE exile in II.12 and the conversion of his counsellors in II.13 might recall the Edwin’s letter and more clearly view this connection between the Northumbrians and the pope’s apostolic Church. Readers may also have recognized that both groups were connected by the same New Covenant, and so were among newly elect. exile is crucial to God’s Edwin’s Bede’s promotion of election in his account of the king. For instance, Bede alludes to other typological connections in the episode concerning exile by depicting Paulinus Edwin’s
similarly, ‘being divinely prompted to do so.’ Later in the same chapter, Bede notes that the pagan priest Coifi’s destruction of the pagan temples was done ‘through the inspiration of the true God’. Presented as they are in the chapter following the account of Edwin’s mystical encounter, the reader is invited to see not only divine providence in the conversion of Edwin’s counsellors, but also retrospectively in the king’s mysterious visitation in exile. Bede places Edwin’s exile at the heart of a mission and election narrative which details the conversion of Northumbria and the spread of Christianity. We have already seen a few examples of biblical references and allusions in Bede’s narrative about Edwin. His inclusion of Pope Boniface’s letter quoting I Corinthians is particularly striking: Paul’s letter was sent to the foundling Christian Church in Corinth, while Pope Boniface’s letter to Æthelburh addresses the needs of the foundling Church in Northumbria. The pope’s letter is itself reminiscent of scripture. The typological resonance between the apostolic Church and the converts of Paulinus is first articulated by Pope Boniface’s quotation, but there is little doubt that Bede would have been aware of the signifance of Pope Boniface’s choice of scripture when he included the pope’s letter in II.11. By incorporating the pope’s letter into the HE, Bede shared a papal endorsement of a typological link between the new Christians of Northumbria and the early Christians of the New Testament. Readers of the HE who continued to read through the account of Edwin’s exile in II.12 and the conversion of his counsellors in II.13 might recall the pope’s letter and more clearly view this connection between the Northumbrians and the apostolic Church. Readers may also have recognized that both groups were connected by the same New Covenant, and so were among God’s newly elect. Edwin’s exile is crucial to Bede’s promotion of election in his account of the king. For instance, Bede alludes to other typological connections in the episode concerning Edwin’s exile by depicting Paulinus
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