07 — The Irish Church
The church that grew in Ireland after Patrick, and Patrick’s real but limited place in its making. The first file treats the monastic character of early Irish Christianity and the modern scholarly caution about “Celtic Christianity” as a popular construct. The second sets the Irish church in its relation to Rome and the wider Church — including the famous Paschal (Easter-dating) controversy — and corrects the romantic image of an isolated, anti-Roman “Celtic Church.”
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| celtic-christianity.md | The monastic Irish church Patrick’s mission helped seed; the desert-monastic inheritance; “Celtic Christianity” as a modern construct, distinguished from the historical reality |
| rome-the-paschal-question-and-the-wider-church.md | The Irish church and Rome; the Paschal (Easter) controversy and the Synod of Whitby (664); the wider Church the Irish saw themselves within |
See Also
- 03 — The Mission to Ireland — Patrick’s actual work, the seed of this church
- 05 — The Legends — the cult that the Irish church built around its apostle
- Orthodoxy: The Pre-Schism Church — the undivided Church the Irish belonged to
- Master README — the collection overview