Ecclesiastical History of Britain, by The Venerable Bede, Part 1
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Bede's Passion for Truth
In the British church, it is the lack of missionary zeal rather than their attitude towards the Easter question which calls forth his strongest condemnation. Everywhere we find the impress of a mind of wide intellectual grasp and a character of the highest saintliness. The lofty spirituality of Bede, his great learning and scholarly attainment are more striking when we reflect how recently his nation had emerged from barbarism.
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