The Ecclesiastical and Monastic Reform in England during the Tenth Century
The Ecclesiastical and Monastic Reform in England during the Tenth Century

Summary/Abstract: What king Alfred the Great attempted in the ninth century, that is to bring to lifethe church was only a small step for the spiritual needs of the Anglo-Saxon people.Time, enthusiasm and generations passed, and it seems that comfortable and fullof pleasures life was taken up gain in most of the monastic and church places. Theemergence of people like St. Hierarchs Dunstan, Ethelwold and Oswald is clearlya sign of God’s mercy to a nation with a perishing soul, being far from Him. Theygrew up in monastic communities full of spiritual desolation, thirsting for a trueChristian life. Their ascent to the church hierarchy, where they began the work ofrevitalizing the people spiritual life, was possible only when a king like Edgar whowas also concerned about the same thing ascended the throne of the kingdom. Thethree fathers took the best from the past and from other nations, planted on thealready barren land of England, watered it with much prayer and love and made itbear fruit in unfavourable time. The second half of the tenth century brought a happyconjunction between secular power and the Church in England

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