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  2. Celtic Rite - Wikipedia

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    The term "Celtic Rite" is applied [1] to the various liturgical rites used in Celtic Christianity in Britain, ... The rule of keeping Easter (2) the tonsure (3) the ...

  3. Synod of Whitby - Wikipedia

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    The Synod of Whitby was a Christian administrative gathering held in Northumbria in 664, wherein King Oswiu ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome rather than the customs practised by Irish monks at Iona and its satellite institutions.

  4. Tonsure - Wikipedia

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    Tonsure is usually the part of three rites of passages in the life of the individual in Hinduism. The first is called chudakarana (IAST: Cūḍākaraṇa, Sanskrit: चूडाकरण; literally, "rite of tonsure"), also known as chaula, chudakarma, mundana, or mundan, marks the child's first haircut, typically the shaving of the head. [4]

  5. Celtic Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Celtic Christianity [a] is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages. [1] The term Celtic Church is deprecated by many historians as it implies a unified and identifiable entity entirely separate from that of mainstream Western Christendom. [2]

  6. Christianisation of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scholars have identified a distinctive form of Celtic Christianity, in which abbots were more significant than bishops, attitudes to clerical celibacy were more relaxed, and there were significant differences in practice with Roman Christianity, particularly the form of tonsure and the method of calculating Easter, although most of these issues ...

  7. Christianity in Medieval Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scholars have identified a distinctive form of Celtic Christianity, in which abbots were more significant than bishops, attitudes to clerical celibacy were more relaxed and there were significant differences in practice with Roman Christianity, particularly the form of tonsure and the method of calculating Easter, although most of these issues ...

  8. Celtic mass - Wikipedia

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    The Celtic mass is the liturgy of the Christian office of the Mass as it was celebrated within Celtic Rite of Celtic Christianity in the Early Middle Ages. [1]

  9. Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    The early medieval churches of Wales, Scotland, and Ireland shared common characteristics often described as Celtic Christianity. [10] The Celtic and Roman churches disagreed on several issues. The most important was the date of Easter. There were other differences over baptismal customs and the style of tonsure worn by monks. [11]