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One of the things that was decided at the Synod of Whitby was the date for Easter.
Hilda of Whitby lived in the 7th century in what is now North Yorkshire, England. She was the abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was an important center for Christianity in the region. Hilda played a significant role in the early Christian church and was influential in the spread of Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons. Her monastery also hosted the famous Synod of Whitby in 664.
Bruce Willis was, at one point, Lutheran (specifically Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod), but no longer practices, after clarifying in a July 1998 interview with George magazine:"Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms", he says. "They were all very important when we didn't know why the sun moved, why weather changed, why hurricanes occurred, or volcanoes happened", he continues. "Modern religion is the end trail of modern mythology. But there are people who interpret the Bible literally. Literally! I choose not to believe that's the way. And that's what makes America cool, you know?"
Payne, Daniel Alexander (24 Feb. 1811-2 Nov. 1893), minister and educator, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of London Payne, a free African American, and Martha (maiden name unknown), a Catawba Indian, both of whom died in the early 1820s. For two years he attended the Minor's Moralist Society School; he then continued his education with a tutor and through extensive independent reading. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1826. Payne established a school for blacks in 1828 but closed it in 1834 when South Carolina outlawed education for slaves. Moving to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1835, Payne studied on a scholarship at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, but failing eyesight forced him to leave before graduation. He was licensed to preach in 1837 and ordained in 1839, thus becoming the first African-American minister in the Franckean Evangelical Lutheran Synod. In 1840 he opened a second school for African Americans, through which he was introduced to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church. He left the Franckean Church in 1841--partly because of its reluctance to give an African-American minister the responsibility for a parish--and joined the AME church. Serious ideological differences quickly became evident between Payne and the AME church; he favored a formal service conducted by educated ministers, while many of the AME's members opposed an educated clergy and preferred an emotional, evangelical style of worship. Payne was assigned first to the Israel Bethel Church in Washington, D.C., then to the Bethel Church and later the Ebenezer Church in Baltimore. In addition to the usual duties of a pastor, he worked to standardize the AME service, to keep records of church history, and to improve religious education. Although initial resistance to his attempts to educate the clergy was strong, by 1844 the General Conference had accepted his recommendation to standardize a course of study for all ministers. In 1850 Payne published Pleasures and Other Miscellaneous Poems. Elected a bishop in 1852, Payne worked to expand the church's home and overseas mission programs, especially those involving newly freed slaves. This later led to rapid growth in the church's membership in the postwar South. Payne had married Julia A. Ferris in 1847. After her death, he married Eliza J. Clark in 1853. In 1863 Payne purchased and became president of Wilberforce University in Ohio, the first African-American-controlled college in the United States. He facilitated the growth of the university by raising standards for both students and faculty and by improving its financial stability. While visiting South Carolina in 1865, Payne founded the South Carolina Conference of the AME church, which was to play an important role in the denomination's expansion in the South. In 1866 he published his church history, Semi-Centenary and the Retrospection of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He resigned the presidency of Wilberforce in 1876 and became chancellor and dean of the theological school, positions he held until his death. A prolific author, Payne wrote numerous poems, essays, speeches, and sermons. In later life he published his autobiography, Recollections of Seventy Years (1888), as well as Treatise on Domestic Education (1885) and History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (1891). His last public appearance was at the World Parliament of Religions at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He died in Xenia, Ohio, a few weeks later. Payne's importance lies in his contributions to the history of African Americans in the nineteenth century and the history of the African Methodist Episcopal church. He also played a significant role in the expansion of educational opportunities for African Americans, both before and after emancipation.
The Synod of Whitby was a seventh century Northumbrian synod where King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastictonsure according to the customs of Rome, rather than the customs practised by Iona and its satellite institutions. The synod was summoned in 664 at Saint Hilda's doublemonastery of Streonshalh (Streanoeshalch), later called Whitby Abbey
One of the things that was decided at the Synod of Whitby was the date for Easter.
Whitby was originally called Streanoehealh. It was changed after the Synod of Whitby happened there. After being destroyed and re-founded, it was re-named Whitby after that event, which is Old Norse for "white settlement."
Hilda of Whitby lived in the 7th century in what is now North Yorkshire, England. She was the abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was an important center for Christianity in the region. Hilda played a significant role in the early Christian church and was influential in the spread of Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons. Her monastery also hosted the famous Synod of Whitby in 664.
The Synod of Whitby was a seventh century Northumbrian synod where King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastictonsure according to the customs of Rome, rather than the customs practised by Iona and its satellite institutions. The synod was summoned in 664 at Saint Hilda's doublemonastery of Streonshalh (Streanoeshalch), later called Whitby AbbeyResultThe Synod of Whitby established Roman practice as the norm in Northumbria, and thus "brought the Northumbrian church into the mainstream of Roman culture."[9] The episcopal seat of Northumbria was transferred from Lindisfarne to York. Wilfrid, chief advocate for the Roman position, later became Bishop of Northumbria, while Colmán and the Ionan supporters who did not change their practices withdrew to Iona. Colmán was allowed to take some relics of Aidan, who had been central in establishing Christianity of the Ionan tradition in Northumbria, with him back to Iona. To replace the departing ecclesiastics, Oswiu chose mostly Irishmen who were from the parts of Ireland that kept the Roman Easter (as most of Ireland had done for some time by the 660s).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synod_of_Whitby
Roman Catholic AnswerBy dying after leading a holy life and going to heaven. She was acclaimed a saint by those who knew this holy Abbess in the seventh century. Everything that we know about her is from the Chronicles of St. Bede, see the article at the link below.
Hauge Synod was created in 1876.
Frankean Synod was created in 1837.
Synod of Dort was created in 1618.
Synod of Dort ended in 1619.
Synod of Cashel was created in 1172.
No. A synod is a religious governing body.