Venerable Bede Quotes

Bede (/biːd/ BEED; Old English: Bǣda, Bēda; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Latin: Bēda Venerābilis), was an English Benedictine monk at the monastery of St. Peter and its companion monastery of St. Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles (contemporarily Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey in Tyne and Wear, England).

Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.

Venerable Bede
- World
- Long
- Rome
Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.

Venerable Bede
- Man
- Lies
- Summer

Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.

Venerable Bede
- Life
- Fire
- Will
He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

Venerable Bede
- Love
- Creator
- Neighbor
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

Venerable Bede
- Words
- Knowledge
- Day
I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.

Venerable Bede
- Copy
- Secretary
- Dictate
I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

Venerable Bede
- Writing
- Church
- Singing