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Quotation from Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede
“it was the highest commendation of his doctrine with all men, that he taught nothing that he did not practise in his life among his brethren”
Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Book III, Chapter V, trans. A. M. Sellar
Bede's portrait of Aidan, the Irish bishop of Lindisfarne.
Citation: "it was the highest commendation of his doctrine with all men, that he taught nothing that he did not practise in his life among his brethren" — Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Book III, Chapter V, trans. A. M. Sellar. (id bede-ecclesiastical-history-q4)
Portrait: The Venerable Bede translates John 1902, James Doyle Penrose, Public domain.
