The manuscript is uniquely presereved in the Codex Vindobonensis 751, in the papers of Lul, archbishop of Mainz, who was an alumnus of Malmesbury.[2] According to Bede, Aldhelm also wrote a book on the same topic, by which he "led many of the Britons who were subject to the West Saxons to adopt the Catholic celebration of Easter and of our Lord".[3] It is not known whether the Bede's mention of the "remarkable book" refers to the surviving letter or a different, lost work. William of Malmesbury (Gesta pontificum Anglorum p. 361) thought it had been destroyed by the Britons.
In the letter, Aldhelm raises two specific critisims of the Celtic Christian then being practiced in Geraint's kingdom:
Geraint's clergy did not celebrate the Catholic Easter as decreed by the Council of Nicaea, despite this receiving papal mandate. In short, Aldhelm's reasoning was that any such people could not be considered part of the orthadox church. As Finberg observes, ‘there is an undertone of implication’ as to the consequences should the Dumnonians fail to take appropriate action.[4]
Referencesedit
^Lapidge, Michael; Herren, Michael (2009). Aldhelm: The Prose Works. Cambrideg: D. S Brewer. pp. 140–3, 155–60. ISBN9781843841999.
^Wright, Charles (2015-01-01). "Vienna, Osterreichische Natioonalbibliothek 751: Letters of Boniface, Lul, etc.; Acts, Catholic Epistles (partial); biblical glossaries; Ps.-Augustinian sermons, etc.; Theodulf of Orleans, "Capitula ad presbyteros;' concilia, charms". Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile. 24: 99–147.
^Probert, Duncan (2010). New light on Aldhelm's letter to King Gerent of Dumnonia. Oxbow Books. pp. 110–28. ISBN9781842173572.
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