Here is a definition from Wiki of Celtic Christianity. Some of it I understand some I don't. I know it's influenced by early Catholic monasteries from the middle ages. While I realize Priests back then stole Pagan rituals and beliefs to get Celts to convert to Catholicism, I do think some Celtic Christian groups are an embrace of both Celtic rituals and beliefs and the Christian world.
I have seen some writings that say from Celtic Christians we think of Jesus as the ultimate Druid. On the other hand, our group which is connected to the United Methodist Church does have the church beliefs of course Jesus and all. At the same time, they also have 3 minutes of quiet centering meditation before prayer which some could see as a Zen-type meditation.
Pagans take part in meditation so it just depends on how you see it, I think different people see it in different ways.Im really a one-God person for now, however, you never know about the future. Anyways this is what the Wiki says about it definition:
Celtic Christianity (
Cornish:
Kristoneth;
Welsh:
Cristnogaeth;
Scottish Gaelic:
Crìosdaidheachd;
Manx:
Credjue Creestee/Creestiaght;
Irish:
Críostaíocht/Críostúlacht;
Breton:
Kristeniezh) refers broadly to certain features of
Christianity that were common, or held to be common, across the
Celtic-speaking world during the
Early Middle Ages.
[1] Celtic Christianity has been conceived of with differing levels of specificity: some writers have described a distinct
Celtic Church uniting the
Celtic peoples and distinguishing them from the
Roman Church, while others classify it as simply a set of distinctive practices occurring in those areas.
[2] Varying scholars reject the former notion, but note that there were certain traditions and practices present in both the Irish and British churches that were not seen in the wider Christian world.
[3]
Such practices include: a distinctive system for determining the
dating of Easter, a style of monastic
tonsure, a unique system of
penance, and the popularity of going into "exile for Christ".
[3] Additionally, there were other practices that developed in certain parts of
Britain and
Ireland, that were not known to have spread beyond particular regions. The term typically denotes the regional practices among the insular churches and their associates, rather than actual theological differences.
The term
Celtic Church is deprecated by many historians as it implies a unified and identifiable entity entirely separate from that of mainstream Western
Christendom.
[4] For this reason, many prefer the term
Insular Christianity.
[5] As
Patrick Wormald explained, "One of the common misconceptions is that there was a
Roman Church to which the
Celtic Church was nationally opposed."
[6]
Popularized by
German historian
Lutz von Padberg, the term "Iroschottisch" is used to describe this supposed dichotomy between
Irish-Scottish and
Roman Christianity.
[7] As a whole,
Celtic-speaking areas were part of
Latin Christendom at a time when there was significant
regional variation of liturgy and structure. But a general collective veneration of the
Papacy was no less intense in
Celtic-speaking areas.
[8]
Nonetheless, distinctive traditions developed and spread to both
Ireland and
Great Britain, especially in the 6th and 7th centuries. Some elements may have been introduced to
Ireland by the
Romano-British St. Patrick, and later, others from Ireland to Britain through the
Irish mission system of Saint
Columba. However, the histories of the
Irish,
Welsh,
Scots,
Breton,
Cornish, and
Manx Churches diverge significantly after the 8th century.
[9] Interest in the subject has led to a series of
Celtic Christian Revival movements, which have shaped popular perceptions of the
Celts and their Christian religious practices
