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Bede practiced the allegorical method of interpretation, and was by modern standards credulous concerning the miraculous; but in most things his good sense is conspicuous, and his kindly and broad sympathies, his love of truth and fairness, his unfeigned piety, and his devotion to the service of others combine to make him an exceedingly attractive character.
The Venerable Bede's commentaries on [[Holy Scriptures ]] owed much to other patristic sources, as he often inserted long quotations from other Latin Fathers, especially Pope St. [[Gregory the Dialogist|Gregory the Great]], St. [[Augustine of Hippo]], and St. [[Jerome]]. In addition to two books of homilies on the Gospel pericopes of the liturgical year, the great monk of Wearmouth's surviving works include verse-by-verse commentaries on the [[Acts of the Apostles]], the Seven Catholic Epistles, and [http://www.apocalyptic-theories.com/theories/bede/bede.html The Explanation of the Apocalypse]. His commentaries on the Paul Pauline Epistles is contained in ''The Biblical Miscellany''. He also compiled St. Augustine of Hippo's commentary on the Pauline Epistles into a single volume that follows their order in our present canon. His allegorical interpretations of the Old Testament survive in two works: ''On the Temple'' and [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1995/95.02.14.html ''On the Tabernacle''].
Bede's writings are classed as scientific, historical, and theological. The scientific include treatises on grammar (written for his pupils), a work on natural phenomena (''De rerum natura''), and two on chronology (''De temporibus'' and ''De temporum ratione''). Bede made a new calculation of the age of the Earth and began the practice of dividing the Christian era into B.C. and A.D. Interestingly, Bede wrote that the Earth was round "like a playground ball," contrasting that with being "round like a shield."