Whitby, Synod of

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• Whitby, Synod of — 664. The calculation of the date for *Easter was a fractious issue in the early Western Church, there being two schools of calculation, the Irish and the Roman. At Whitby the issue was finally resolved in favour of the Roman mode after Bishop… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• Whitby, Synod of — Meeting of the Christian church of the Anglo Saxon kingdom of Northumbria in 664 or, possibly, 663, to decide whether to follow Celtic or Roman usages, which had been reintroduced to southern England by St. Augustine of Canterbury in 597. Though… …   Universalium

• Whitby, Synod of —  Уитби Синод …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

• Synod of Whitby —     Synod of Whitby     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Synod of Whitby     The Christianizing of Britain begun by St. Augustine in A.D. 597 was carried on with varying success throughout the seventh century. One great hindrance to progress lay in the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• synod — synodal, adj. /sin euhd/, n. 1. an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council. 2. any council. [1350 1400; ME… …   Universalium

• Whitby Abbey — is a ruined Benedictine abbey sited on Whitby s East Cliff in North Yorkshire on the north east coast of England.The stark and magnificent ruins of Whitby Abbey are much more than a spectacular clifftop landmark. Generations have been drawn to… …   Wikipedia

• Whitby (disambiguation) — Whitby is a fishing port and tourist destination in North Yorkshire on the north east coast of EnglandWhitby may also mean:* Synod of Whitby, a council which led to the unification of the church in Britain, held in now called Whitby Abbey *… …   Wikipedia

• Synod of Whitby — The Synod of Whitby was a seventh century Northumbrian synod where King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome, rather than the customs practised by… …   Wikipedia

• Whitby — infobox UK place country = England official name= Whitby latitude = 54.4858 longitude = 0.6206 civil parish = Whitby population = 13,594 (2001 census) shire district = Scarborough region = Yorkshire and the Humber shire county = North Yorkshire… …   Wikipedia

• Synod — A synod historically is a council of a church, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. In modern usage, the word often refers to the governing body of a particular church, whether its members are meeting or …   Wikipedia