I just finished Bede\'s Ecclesiastical History. Overall, I was surprised at how many distinctly Latin Catholic beliefs there were expressed, namely:
1) The Pope of Rome\'s supreme authority over all the churches of Christendom.
2) Confirmation done personally by the bishop.
3) Viaticum - the receiving of the Eucharist by the dying.
4) Emphasis on Catholic = Roman
Bede does a great job in presenting the lives of holy saints. However, it seems to me that, even centuries before the great schism, the West and East were not on the same exact page of things.
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