Richard Landes writes:
[snip]
| 1) what was the "glad news" that augustine brought with him? (1.25) was it
| related to the letter that gregory sent to the king about the end of the world?
| (1.32)
| 2) what does bede mean when he says that the "glad news" infallibly assured
| those who received it of eternal joy in heaven" (1.25) and later that ethelbert
| considered other xn converts "fellow citizens of the kingdom of heaven" (1.27)?
| -- ie this does not sound augustinian at all (of if it is, it's classic
| augustinisme politique -- ie they didn't get the point).
[snip]
OK, I'll take the bait. I suppose until now, I would have naively
assumed that what we have here is some common descriptions of
the message of Christian salvation and its consequences
(=cliches?). What is the reason to envision that they have more
specific political implications? I am not an anglo-saxonist, so the
context of this question is my vast ignorance. :-)
Along the political lines, may I suggest Ian Wood's recent article
on Augustine, where (if I have read this correctly) adds a
Merovingian dimension to Auggie's mission:
Ian Wood, 'The Mission of Augustine of Canterbury to the English,'
_Speculum_ 69 (1994), 1-17.
Cheers
Jim
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