17 Facts About Celtic Christianity

Celtic Christianity is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages.

Term Celtic Christianity Church is deprecated by many historians as it implies a unified and identifiable entity entirely separate from that of mainstream Western Christendom.

One particularly prominent feature ascribed to Celtic Christianity is that it is supposedly inherently distinct from – and generally opposed to – the Catholic Church.

Additionally, the Christians of Ireland and Britain were not "anti-Roman"; Celtic Christianity areas respected the authority of Rome and the papacy as strongly as any other region of Europe.

Attempts to associate the early Christians of Celtic Christianity-speaking Galatia with later Christians of north-western Europe's Celtic Christianity fringe appear fanciful.

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Insular Celtic Christianity developed distinct traditions and practices, most pointedly concerning the computus of Easter, as it produced the most obvious signs of disunity: the old and new methods did not usually agree, causing Christians following one system to begin celebrating the feast of the Resurrection while others continued to solemnly observe Lent.

Celtic Christianity studied under Martin of Tours before returning to his own land about 397.

Celtic Christianity established himself at Whithorn where he built a church of stone, "Candida Casa".

Celtic Christianity converted the southern Picts to Christianity, and died around 432.

Celtic Christianity travelled to Cornwall – that is ancient Dumnonia – to evangelize the locals as did St Nonna mother of St David who travelled on to Brittany.

Celtic Christianity has been identified on occasion with Ciaran of Saigir.

The customs and traditions particular to Insular Celtic Christianity became a matter of dispute, especially the matter of the proper calculation of Easter.

The early material referring to the Celtic Christianity tonsure emphasizes its distinctiveness from the Roman alternative and invariably connects its use to the Celtic Christianity dating of Easter.

One outdated belief is that the true ecclesiastical power in the Celtic Christianity world lay in the hands of abbots of monasteries, rather than bishops of dioceses.

The Celtic Christianity Church is thought to have observed the seventh day as the Sabbath.

Ian Bradley notes that the recurrent interest in medieval insular Christianity has led to successive revival movements he terms "Celtic Christian revivalism".

Today, a self-identification with and use of "Celtic Christianity" is common in countries such as Ireland, both among participants in established churches and independent groups.