People have conceived of "Celtic Christianity" in different ways at different times. Writings on the topic frequently say more … See more

Corning writes that scholars have identified three major strands of thought that have influenced the popular conceptions of Celtic Christianity:
• The first arose in the English Reformation, when the … See more

According to medieval traditions, Christianity arrived in Britain in the 1st century. Gildas's 6th-century account dated its arrival to the latter part of the reign of the Roman emperor Tiberius: an account of the seventy dis… See more

Connections with the greater Latin West brought the nations of Britain and Ireland into closer contact with the orthodoxy of the councils. The customs and traditions particular to Insular Christianity became a matter of di… See more

Caitlin Corning identifies four customs that were common to both the Irish and British churches but not used elsewhere in the Christian world.
Easter was originally dated according to Hebrew cal… See more

A number of other distinctive traditions and practices existed (or are taken to have existed) in Britain or Ireland, but are not known to have been in use across the entire region. Different writers and commenter… See more

According to John Bowden, "the singing of metrical psalms, many of them set to old Celtic Christianity Scottish traditional and folk tunes" is a feature that remains a "distinctive part of Scottish Presbyterian worship". … See more