Celtic Christianity
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Christianity in the Celtic language–speaking world during the early Middle Ages
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- Christian denomination
- Subclass of
- Christianity
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- Category:Celtic Christianity
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- Celtic Christianity
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- New International Encyclopedia
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A Celtic Cross in Knock, Ireland
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. The term Celtic Church is deprecated by many historians as it implies a unified and identifiable entity entirely separate from that of mainstream Western Christendom. For this reason, Brown (2003) notes a preference for the term Insular Christianity. As Patrick Wormald explained, "One of the common misconceptions is that there was a Roman Church to which the Celtic Church was nationally opposed."
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