A Very Celtic Christmas

Incarnation and Christology in Celtic Christian Theology

DELIVERED BY

dr. matthew hoskin


A FREE ZOOM LECTURE + Q&A

Date

Thursday December 12th, 2024

LOCATION

Zoom

TIME

8:00pm ET

Much is often made of the “closeness” of “Celtic” Christian spirituality to the rest of the created order and the “natural world”. At times, this approach is even presented as more “incarnational” than other forms of Christianity.

Yet sometimes one wonders what is specifically “Christian” about all this. Holy wells are well and good, but what about the incarnation of Christ Himself? Did Celtic Christian have much to say about this?

In this Fellows Lecture, Dr. Matthew Hoskin will unpack the the Celtic tradition’s theology of the incarnate Christ, from the foundational Trinitarian orthodoxy of St Patrick’s Confession and St Columba’s hymn Altus Prosator and its specific expressions in liturgy and poetry, closing with a consideration of John Scotus Eriugena. It will be demonstrated that the early medieval Irish, Welsh, and Scottish church had a perfectly orthodox Christian faith that expressed itself in its very own mode, and that this can still help us worship the incarnate God more fully today.

The lecture will be followed by a time of Q&A.


WHAT ARE FELLOWS LECTURES?

Davenant Fellows Lectures are free, public lectures hosted monthly via Zoom throughout the academic year. They aim to showcase the scholarly expertise of our Davenant Hall faculty, and to provide a bank of high-quality lectures freely available online. Lectures are recorded, with both video and audio being made available after the event. To access past lectures, visit our YouTube or podcast archives.

Schedule

8:00-9:00 Pm ET:

LECTURE: “A Very Celtic Christmas” by Matthew Hoskin

9:00-9:30 Pm ET:

Q+A


Our Speaker


Dr. Matthew Hoskin

Phd, university of Edinburgh

Dr Matthew Hoskin (PhD, University of Edinburgh) teaches ancient and medieval Christian history for Davenant Hall. His research focusses on manuscripts, monks, popes, canon law, and councils, which all feature in his book The Manuscripts of Leo the Great’s Letters (2022), and he blogs about the historic faith at Classically Christian. He lives on Superior’s northern shore in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with his wife and sons.

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December 2024 Fellows Lecture
A Very Celtic Christmas: Incarnation and Christology in Celtic Christian Theology
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