The purer ancient Rule of St Maelruan The rule for the Culdees of Armagh, drawn up by Maelruan, abbot of Tamhlacht (Tallaght), who died in the year 792. The full chapters of the rule goes into practical usage day to day as well as annual. This rule has been affirmed by 1600s-1900s historians that it […]
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Remembering St Ethilwald, Composer of the Lindisfarne Gospels’ Artwork
The Historic Celtic Church and Today’s Orthodox Church of the Culdees
In the Scoti-Monasticon it quotes Boece (circa 1530) that “the term Culdee originally denoted monks, but up to his time was applied to all priests.” Dr Wylie In his “History of Scotland” said: “It was the Culdee lamp that burned at Constance,at Basle, at Ypres, at Worms and Mainz. Boniface, the emissary ofRome, came afterwards […]