An illuminating statement by King Oswy at the Synod of Whitby as he submitted to the Paschal practice of Rome. "I dare not longer", he said, "contradict the decrees of him who keeps the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven, lest he should refuse me admission".
The full context by Bede the Historian here: http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/whitby.html
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