In the seventh century what is now called the United Kingdom was many kingdoms often at war When one king Oswald of Northumbria became a Christian he called for a missionary to bring the gospel to his region A man named Corman was sent but things didn rsquo t go well Finding the English ldquo stubborn rdquo ldquo barbarous rdquo and uninterested in his preaching he frustratedly returned home ldquo I am of the opinion rdquo a monk named Aidan told Corman ldquo that you were more severe to your unlearned hearers than you ought to have been rdquo Instead [... more]