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Cuthbert and Bede: their roles in Christian healing in medieval England

Frank C. Darling

From the May 1998 issue of The Christian Science Journal

During the seventh and eighth centuries a sizable region in northeastern England called Northumbria reached a high level of culture in art, literature, and religion. The simple rustic customs of early Celtic Christianity were gradually being replaced by a more centralized church order controlled from Rome.