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Tabletalk Magazine, August 2006: The History of the Church in the Sixth Century is unavailable, but you can change that!

Upon entering a discussion of the sixth century, one often finds little with which he is familiar. Yet despite such unfamiliarity, the work of God through the church of Christ endured — even through the Dark Ages. For this reason, the theme of the August 2006 issue of Tabletalk focuses on the sixth century. While by no means intended to provide a complete history of this century, Tabletalk will...

winning of souls,” Gregory confidently assumed succor and aid for any necessity the missionaries had to insure success. Any who did so would certainly share their spiritual glory. The subsequent letters to Augustine formed a missiology for future endeavors. England eventually, at the Synod of Whitby in 662, entered into the orbit of Roman ecclesiastical authority (until the 1530s). Second, Gregory contributed to the dominance of the Benedictine Rule for monastic life. As the first monk to become
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