I'm writing a term paper on druids and I need information on christian druids and their beliefs
2006-11-07 08:20:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's speculation that some of the ancient Druids did convert to Christianity. In fact, Saint Columba was, according to some stories, trained as a Druid when he was young. However, history shows that most of the Druids opposed Christianization, to the point where stories show St. Patrick slaying several Druids in a magical battle.
In more modern times, certain groups have cropped up - the particular groups you'd be looking for are classified as "Romantic Druids" (in that they started to form around the 17th-18th century). They tended to take a "noble savage" view of the ancient Celts, and mixed Christianity with some pretty wild speculations. There's some modern groups that have descended from these Romantic Druids - they tend to exist with a wierd mix of semi-Christian, semi-Pagan activities.
There's also fraternal and cultural Druid organizations that have little or nothing to do with religion - so you'll find a number of Christians in these groups. Those exist primarily in the UK, so you'd want to take a look in that direction.
2006-11-08 04:21:35 · answer #1 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there was such a thing. The druids are possibly the ones that built Stonehenge, that was a long time before Christians showed up.
Druids are more than likely pagans, Christians are just Christians they can't be Druid Christians.
2006-11-07 08:23:20 · answer #2 · answered by Sean 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
read
Druids, Celtic Priests of Nature. by Jean Merkale. it is about the best historic account of the druids that you will find.
Druids believed in many gods. therefore thay cannot be Christian.
the Holy Roman Empire actually built a wall acrost Brittany (great britan) called Hadrian's Wall, to keep the Celts (Picts) Contained.
2006-11-07 08:35:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I never heard of christian druids but I recently read the following connection http://www.biblesearchers.com/hebrewchurch/primitive/primitive2.shtml#Nazarene
There is a question mark over my head about the info here.
2006-11-07 08:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe such a thing ever existed. I know Wikipedia isn't the Pope, but they don't have anything on "Christian Druid."
2006-11-07 08:25:27 · answer #5 · answered by KDdid 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
http://www.crystalinks.com/druids.html
http://www.druidry.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=1&page_id=103
There are too many sites to list. These 2 should get you started.
2006-11-07 08:27:58 · answer #6 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋