FD of St Bede (d 735), a monk in Northumbria. In his great History of the English Church and People he told the story of the arrival of Xty in the British Isles and its role in knitting together its disparate tribes and peoples into a common history, linked to the apostles.
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Just as the book of Acts traced the movement of the church from Jerusalem to Rome, so Bede continued the journey from Rome to his own “fair and pleasant land.” He believed not only in Scripture but in history that the handwriting of God could be discerned.
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My dear father, #DanielEllsberg, died this morning June 16 at 1:24 a.m., four months after his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. His family surrounded him as he took his last breath. He had no pain and died peacefully at home. commondreams.org/opinion/daniel
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Daniel Ellsberg, former defense analyst who released top-secret Pentagon Papers, dies at 92
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