Conformity to Row Established. Wilfrid, Theodore, Bede

Quartodeciman heresy

A Christian sect that celebrated Easter on the 14th of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, rejected by Wilfrid in Northumbria.

Synod of Whitby (664)

The meeting that decided the observance of Easter in England, affirming the Roman practice.

Colman

The second successor of Aidan, who defended the Scottish observance of Easter.

Wilfrid

An advocate for the Roman observance of Easter, citing the authority of St. Peter.

Oswy's statement at Whitby

'I will not contradict the door-keeper, lest when I come to the gates of the kingdom of heaven, there should be none to open them.'

Theodore of Tarsus

First Archbishop of Canterbury who established Roman rule of Easter and settled bishops.

Bede

The first native English scholar known as the father of English theology and church history.

Peter’s Pence

A tax or contribution sent to Rome by English devotees.

Anglo-Saxon translations

Bede translated portions of the Bible into the Anglo-Saxon language.

First archbishop of England

Theodore was the first archbishop to whom the whole church of England submitted.

Danish and Norman conquests

Events that followed the English conversion, which weakened the military and physical forces of England.

Early archbishops list

Includes Augustine of Canterbury, Wilfrid of York, Theodore, and several others in the four principal sees of England.

Scottish observance of Easter

Defended by Colman based on the authority of St. Columba and Apostle John.

Roman observance of Easter

Argued by Wilfrid, based on the authority of Peter in Rome.