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Bede

I've reverted your change to Bede. Bede's allegiance to Rome was significant in his discussion of the events leading up to the Synod of Whitby. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 16:35, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, Martin.

I understand your reasoning, but is allegiance to Rome really the issue? If Bede's allegiance had been to Constantinople at the time, that wouldn't have made him Eastern Orthodox. Nor would the Eastern Orthodox (to name one branch) agree that the Roman Catholic church was in existence at the time of Bede. From their perspective, Bede's allegiance was to the bishop of Rome in the holy Catholic church. I feel that "Christian" is the proper unbiased term that all sides can agree to. Billbaldwin2 (talk) 18:35, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Bede was an apologist for Roman Christianity. See themes and bias for more information. Bede was an apologist for Rome. The Ecclesiatical History was finished less than 60 years after the Synod of Whitby and the History is in substantial part justification for the Roman Hegemony, see the background to Whitby. Whether it is called "Ionian" or "Celtic" Christianity is slightly irrelevant, the key point is that the native church did not accept the primacy of the Bishop of Rome and did not agree on liturgical matters (in particular the tonsure and the date of Easter). I'm not suggesting that Roman Catholics are not Christian, merely that they are Roman Catholics in contradistinction to Celtic or Ionian. Indeed, were there such a term, "Roman Christian" might be more appropriate. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 23:23, 18 February 2017 (UTC)