Summary of John Philip Newell's Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Around 50 CE, a shift began to occur in parts of the Celtic world, from Druidic to Christian wisdom. The first Christian teacher to emerge in Celtic territory was Irenaeus of Lyons, who had studied in Asia Minor under Polycarp, who in turn had been a student of St. John in Ephesus. #2 Irenaeus was a priest in the second century who was against the way in which celibacy was beginning to be seen as a higher path