The Credible Witness: Bede's Response to Doubt

This paper focuses on miracle accounts in Bede's Ecclesiastical History, especially accounts of visions of divine light, and argues that in order to understand the meaning and rationale of such accounts Bede's understanding of the reliability and trustworthiness of his witnesses also needs...

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Main Author: Sharman, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2016]
In: Journal for late antique religion and culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Pages: 1-11
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Beda, Saint 672-735, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum / Religious doubt (motif) / Witness / Credibility
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KBF British Isles
Further subjects:B Visions
B Miracles
B Ecclesiastical History
B Venerable Bede
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