I’m being welcomed into the Orthodox Church soon, through baptism and I’m seriously considering taking Boniface as my baptism name and for him to be my patron.
Blessings on your plunge into Orthodoxy, but Boniface would seem to be an ironic choice of a baptismal patron. Communion with the See of Rome was a fundamental component of his ministry and proclamation.
@@StevePetrica I can tell you now that my baptismal patron is Raphael, as my baptism took place during the Feast of the Bodiless Powers. Boniface seemed like a good choice then as he had a very clear connection with the place I live, here on the Isle of Wight.
Super video. Just a few little fact corrections! Crediton is a medium-sized town, not a village! And the National Shrine to Saint Boniface is in the Roman Catholic church, not the Anglican parish church! Also worth remembering that the native British tribes - including the Dumnonii of Devon - were already Christian long before the Anglo-Saxons were converted. Holy Cross parish church in Crediton was the original cathedral and held the see for several hundred years before it was moved to the new cathedral at Exeter. Crediton still has its own bishop which gives you some indication of the towns continued importance.
I have a couple of Benedicta Ward's books on the Anglo-Saxon saints and St. Anselm, invaluable! Is there a book containing a collection or anthology of the letters of these early medieval saints that you could suggest?
There was a kinship between English and Germans because they were all Israelites scattered among the nations and being redeemed through Jesus Christ, according to all the OT prophecies, which Jesus and Paul and the whole Bible confirm.
