Venerable Bede
Venerable Bede
Bede, also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede, was an English monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, both of which were then in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorumgained him the title "The Father of English History"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Venerable Bede quotes about
purity-and-love serving-others one-love
He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.
stars moving reality
The ultimate Mystery of being, the ultimate Truth, is Love. This is the essential structure of reality. When Dante spoke of the 'love which moves the sun and the other stars', he was not using a metaphor, but was describing the nature of reality. There is in Being an infinite desire to give itself in love and this gift of Self in love is for ever answered by a return of love....and so the rhythm of the universe is created.
reborn centre acknowledge
I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.
teaching writing discipline
I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.
copies my-own secretary
I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.
conceived felt life
Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.