08-19-2018, 09:29 PM
(08-19-2018, 09:05 PM)MonsGraupius Wrote: Bede was an Anglo Saxon from the Roman church. Why would he have any concern whatsoever to manufacture BRITISH martyrs for the BIRITISH church... That's a frankly ridiculous argument.
Because at the time he was writing about (the early 4th century) there was no distinction between the Roman church and the British church. They were just Christian martyrs.
What does seem a little 'frankly ridiculous' is the idea that a Saxon monk in the 8th century knew more about what was going on in the 4th century than the inhabitants of the 4th century!
(08-19-2018, 09:05 PM)MonsGraupius Wrote: why wouldn't they refer to this well known landmark - which we still recognise today - and not to a little known settlement?
I have no idea. But if you are claiming that they both have different names - Subdobiadon and Nemeton - then they must be distinct places. Saying that the scholiast meant to refer to Nemeton rather than Subdobiadon when he was explaining where 'nemthur' was seems a bit vague to me.
Nathan Ross
