(Updated July 14, 2025)
This Quote Archive collects pertinent quotes from the Church Father, Bede the Venerable.
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St. Bede, Ecclesiastical History of England (c. 731)
Laurentius succeeded Augustine in the bishopric [of Canterbury], having been ordained thereto by the latter, in his lifetime, lest, upon his death, the Church, as yet in so unsettled a state, might begin to falter, if it should be destitute of a pastor, though but for one hour. Wherein he also followed the example of the first pastor of the Church, that is, of the most blessed Peter, chief of the Apostles, who, having founded the Church of Christ at Rome, is said to have consecrated Clement to help him in preaching the Gospel, and at the same time to be his successor.
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