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	Coifi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coifi or Cofi was the priest of the temple at Goodmanham in Northumbria in 627.
		Bede's description of Coifi is that of the chief of priests in Northumbria; the fact that he is the chief priest suggests that there was some sort of organised pagan priesthood in existence during Coifi's time.
		It is worth noting that, according to Bede, it was Coifi who volunteered to desecrate the pagan altars he had previously worshiped and that he also declared that the pagan religion he had followed had no virtue in it and that he had followed it in ignorance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coifi (558 words)

	Goodmanham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The dramatic overthrow of this temple in 627 A.D. by the high priest Coifi upon the conversion of King Edwin of Northumbria is related by St. Bede in his History of the English Speaking Peoples (Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum).
		It is often said that Coifi rode from Edwin's council in York to destroy the temple at Goodmanham; a distance of around 20 miles.
		Local tradition has it that the ride was from the king's summer camp at Londsborugh which is two miles from Goodmanham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goodmanham (610 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Conversion of England
		Paulinus consenting, the king did as he said; for holding a council with the wise men, he asked of every one in particular what he thought of the new doctrine and the new worship that was preached.
		To which the chief of his priests, Coifi, immediately answered: "O king, consider what this is which is now preached to us; for verily I declare to you that the religion which we have hitherto professed has, as far as I can learn, no virtue in it.
		So the bishop having spoken by the king's command at greater length, Coifi, hearing his words,- cried out: "I have long since been sensible that there was nothing in that which we worshiped, because the more diligently I sought after truth in that worship the less I found it.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?RecNum=4724 (1279 words)

	ASpaganism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But Coifi officiates over a pagan structured shrine which is not the earlier wooded grove previously mentioned.
		So Coifi may well have broken pagan ethics by, riding a horse, with a spear in his hand.
		Do the vernacular priests have similar attributes to the relationships between King Edwin and Coifi, the land and deity in the 6th century are suggestive parallels.
	www.astrocelt.demon.co.uk /History/ASPaganism.htm (3229 words)

	The Gospel Vs. The Anglo-Saxons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In addition, however, Coifi wanted to prove conclusively to all present the powerlessness of the pagan gods.
		Since a pagan priest was forbidden to touch arms and might ride only a mare, Coifi besought the king that weapons and a stallion should be brought to him.
		But Coifi galloped straight up to the pagan temple, and before the eyes of all hurled his lance against it without suffering any injury.
	www.societaschristiana.com /History/Original/Paulinus.html (568 words)

	BORGES, Jorge Luis., Holograph Manuscript of the Article La apostasía de Coifi. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He centers his essay on Coifi, King Edwin's high priest, who according to Bede and others abjured the old religions because it was obvious that their gods didn't protect them against the newcomers.
		Coifi's character survives as a subject of bad historical paintings, says Borges, but his fate remains unknown to us, and we don't even know if he stuck by his word and did in fact embrace the new religion.
		The manuscript has about a dozen minor corrections, and it is written in what we deem to be Borges's smallest handwriting on the smallest leaves he could get his hands on.
	www.polybiblio.com /lameduck/522.html (282 words)

	English Literature For Boys And Girls - H.E. Marshall - Free Online Library
		And when they were all gathered Coifi, the chief priest, spoke.
		Coifi then said that he would hear yet more of what Paulinus had to tell.
		And when he inquired of the high priest who should first profane the altars and temples of their idols with the enclosures that were about them, Coifi answered,
	marshall.thefreelibrary.com /English-Literature-For-Boys-And-Girls/14-1 (2270 words)

	Coxwold a North Yorkshire Village - St Michael's Church
		The Venerable Bede tells how Coifi, the ex-pagan chief priest, mounted on a stallion with sword girded and grasping a lance, rode off to destroy the shrine and idols.
		I like to think it might have been to Coxwold that Coifi rode.
		The first positive mention of a church at Coxwold is in a letter from Pope Paul 1, dated 757 AD, telling King Eadbert of Northumbria to repair three Minsters, those at York, Ripon and Coxwold.
	www.coxwold.freeserve.co.uk /interest/church/st_michaels.htm (1346 words)

	Anglo-Saxons.net : Timeline: 597-627
		Edwin then agreed that he would accept Paulinus's faith, but would confer with his counsellors first that they might all be converted together (HE, ii.12-13; note the echo of Bede's description of the first meeting of Augustine and the British bishops in c.602).
		Bede goes on to describe Edwin's council (HE, ii.13), in which Coifi, the heathen high priest, claims that the heathen religion is worthless because it has not brought him better advancement, and another counsellor makes the famous comparison between life on earth and the flight of a sparrow through a hall.
		After the council Coifi rushes forth to profane the heathen shrines which he had consecrated, and Edwin with all his nobles and many others is baptised on Easter day of 627 (HE, ii.14).
	www.anglo-saxons.net /hwaet?do=seek&query=597-627 (6679 words)

	Bede and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Coifi takes approach of pragmatic self-interest (symbol of authority of the old religion used to convert the people and rational argument used to sway listeners)
		Other Ealdorman exemplifies symbolic approach, using the similae of the sparrowin the mead hall simile--he shows that Christian's have certainty about life and the afterlife that pagans do not possess.
		Coifi rides a stallion and carries a spear to destroy old holy places--uses emblematic Christian warrior approach
	www.public.iastate.edu /~gbetcher/373/Bede.htm (244 words)

	Coifi or Cofi was the priest of the...
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		If, therefore, this new doctrine contains something more certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." The other elders, and king's counselors, by divine inspiration, spoke to the same effect.
		A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
	www.geodatabase.de /Coifi (390 words)

	Chris Turner - DruidWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chris Turner, aka Coifi, was a leader, teacher and life-long student.
		Coifi wrote this Roadkill Prayer which he shared on the Awen list:
		Badgers and Roadkill on the Awen List, Chris "Coifi" Turner, 12 January 2001.
	druidwiki.org /Chris_Turner (322 words)

	Chapter 14.
		One would think that the heathen priests at least would have been very angry, and that they would have tried to stop the teaching of this new religion.
		Then while the astonished people looked on in fear, Coifi took a spear in his hand, mounted upon a horse, and riding at full speed knocked over the great idol which for so many years he had worshiped as God.
		So, taking heart and following the example of Coifi, the people set fire to their temple, which was soon burned to the ground, and the idols with it.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/marshall/england/england-14.html (1757 words)

	Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		The chief of his own priests, Coifi, immediately answered him, "0 king, consider what this is which is now preached to us; for I verily declare to you what I have learnt beyond doubt, that the religion which we have hitherto professed has no virtue in it and no profit.
		For none of your people has applied himself more diligently to the worship of our gods than I; and yet there are many who receive greater favours from you, and are more preferred than I, and are more prosperous in all that they undertake to do or to get.
		When he did so, at the king's command, Coifi, hearing his words, cried out, "This long time I have perceived that what we worshipped was naught; because the more diligently I sought after truth in that worship, the less I found it.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/bede/history.v.ii.xiii.html (2774 words)

	Northvegr - Grimm's TM - Supplement
		Charles has the four captured Saracen idols smashed, and the golden fragments divided among his heroes, Aspremont 11b.
		It is remarkable in Beda 2, 13, that the Coifi himself destroys the heathen temple (p.
		It was a sign of good feeling at least to build the old images into the church walls.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/grimmst/s00102.php (1135 words)

	Biography: Paulinus, missionary, first Archbishop of York (10 Oct 644) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Edwin heard the preaching of Paulinus for many months, and finally consulted his advisors.
		Coifi, the high priest of the pagan religion, advised adopting Christianity, since he said that the pagan religion had not proved satisfactory.
		Another nobleman agreed, saying: "Life is like a banquet hall.
	elvis.rowan.edu /~kilroy/JEK/10/10.html (597 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Symbols - Horse
		After much deliberation it was decided by Edwin and his wise men that they should convert to Christianity and turn their backs on the Heathen religion.
		When this decision was made, Coifi furiously set out to destroy the temple and idols that he had worshipped.
		And in doing so happily, and what would seem enthusiastically, broke taboo's surrounding weapons and horses.
	www.englishheathenism.homestead.com /horse.html (1475 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		What is the role of Coifi in Bede's account?
		From a critical viewpoint, what does Coifi gain by his conversion and destruction of the shrine?
		(Coifi retains his position of influence, including his role in the conversion of the commoners.)
	faculty.weber.edu /dkrantz/en4610web/Bede_edwin_immaque.html (154 words)

	Holy Wells in Yorkshire (part five)
		Goodmanham was the Pagan High Shrine of Northumbria in AD 625 when Edwin became King of this vast tract of land which stretched from the north bank of the Humber to the Firth of Forth.
		The story of Edwin's conversion to Christianity and the dramatic desecration of the Pagan Shrine by Coifi, the High Priest, makes an exciting and unforgettable legend.
		The Lady Well lies in a hollow in an area of rough pastureland which slopes gently downhill.
	people.bath.ac.uk /liskmj/living-spring/sourcearchive/fs7/fs7ew1.htm (1388 words)

	Battles in Elmet in the Dark Ages
		If this new doctrine, therefore, will give us any clearer insight into things of so much interest, my feeling is to follow it.')
		Coifi was foremost in making war upon the superstition which had so severly baulked his hopes.
		His priestly character obliged him to ride a mare, and forbade him to have a weapon.
	www.oldtykes.co.uk /dabatt.htm (2080 words)

	Coifi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Druids of Albion: Coifi's website, including his development as a Druid, information about Druids of Albion, Prayers and Poems and answers to common questions about Druidry.
		Beltane Banners: "the banner modulates or qualifies a volume of space in much the same way as a megalithic Standing Stone, and that a group of them make a dynamic synthesis of a Stone Circle"
		Druids Return to Stonehenge: Article from the Washington Post with quotes from Coifi
	www.druidry.org /obod/ancestors/coifi.html (294 words)

	St. Paulinus, First Archbishop of York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		If this new religion can shed light on what lies ahead, let us follow it."
		The king, at the encouragement of the pagan priest Coifi, consented to be baptised and embrace the Christian faith.
		Coifi was the first to tear down the pagan altars that he had helped erect.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1500218/posts (378 words)

	Britannia Biographies: St. Paulinus, Archbishop of York
		Having been offered hope of life after death, the thegns were won over.
		Even the King's pagan high priest, Coifi - probably motivated by hopes of his own survival - rode out to the great pagan temple at Goodmanham, a very short distance from Londesborough, threw a spear into it and began its demolition.
		The present parish church there may possibly occupy the site.
	www.britannia.com /bios/abofy/paulinus.html (1055 words)

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