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On Celtic Knotwork
By James H. C. McKinnon
“The wise sage wove the Word.” -Amra Columcille
Few people have heard of the Culdees of Iona, or the Culdee tradition. The history of the Culdees of Iona hails back to the earliest form of Christianity which came to Britain from Judea in the first century. A British legend has it that Joseph of Arimethea immigrated to Britain in the first century with other members of Jesus’ family and settled in what is now Glastonbury.
The tradition’s founding at Iona happened in the year 563 A.D, when Saint Columcille, (Saint Columba), founded his monastery there. That foundation would become the Holy See of the Columban Church and governed roughly sixty monastic establishments in Britain and Ireland which included the monasteries of, Kells, Derry, Lindesfarne, and Dunkeld. The Columban Church, like the Coptic, Ethiopian, and Assyrian Orthodox Churches, has an apostolic lineage different from the Church of Rome whose apostolic lineage comes from Saint Peter. While the Coptic and Ethiopian churches trace their apostolic lineage to Saint Mark and the Assyrian Church to Saint Thomas, the Columban Church traces its apostolic lineage to Saint John.
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Few people have heard of the Culdees of Iona, or the Culdee tradition. The history of the Culdees of Iona hails back to the earliest form of Christianity which came to Britain from Judea in the first century. A British legend has it that Joseph of Arimethea immigrated to Britain in the first century with other members of Jesus’ family and settled in what is now Glastonbury.
The tradition’s founding at Iona happened in the year 563 A.D, when Saint Columcille, (Saint Columba), founded his monastery there. That foundation would become the Holy See of the Columban Church and governed roughly sixty monastic establishments in Britain and Ireland which included the monasteries of, Kells, Derry, Lindesfarne, and Dunkeld. The Columban Church, like the Coptic, Ethiopian, and Assyrian Orthodox Churches, has an apostolic lineage different from the Church of Rome whose apostolic lineage comes from Saint Peter. While the Coptic and Ethiopian churches trace their apostolic lineage to Saint Mark and the Assyrian Church to Saint Thomas, the Columban Church traces its apostolic lineage to Saint John.
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