My good friends Kenneth McIntosh and Tony Marshall Griffiths joined me for a conversation about the dynamic between contemporary and historical expressions of Celtic Christianity. In a free flowing, spirit led conversation, engaging with the source material, allowing for moments of silence and listening, we explored the significance of sacred stories, ascetic practices, gender equality, and whether or not a tradition should change and evolve according to the needs of the time.
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These are the two passages from the Irish penitentials I quoted:
“These few things concerning the remedies of penance, my dearly beloved brethren, according to the pronouncement of Scripture and to the opinion of some very learned men, I have tried to write down, compelled by love of you, beyond my ability and authority. There are still other authoritative decisions concerning either the remedies or the several kinds of those who are to be cured, which now concern for brevity, or the situation of the place, or the poverty of my talent does not permit me to set down. But if any diligent searcher of divine reading should for himself find out more, or bring forth and write down better things, we, too, shall agree and follow him.” – Penitential of Finnian (trans by Bieler)
“Here begins the prologue on the medicine for the salvation of souls. As we are about to speak of the remedies for wounds according to the rulings of the fathers before us, of sacred utterance to you, my most faithful brother, let us first indicate in a concise manner the medicines of Holy Scripture.” – Penitential of Cummean (trans by Davies)
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