A Primer of the History of the Holy Catholic Church in Ireland ...: To the Formation of the Modern Irish Branch of the Church of Rome, Volume 1Curry, 1845 - Ireland |
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Page 27 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 292 - Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Page 208 - James above mentioned, the first singing master in the churches of the Northumbrians was Eddi, surnamed Stephen, invited from Kent by the most reverend Wilfrid, who was the first of the bishops of the English nation that taught the churches of the English the Catholic mode of life. Theodore, visiting all parts, ordained bishops in proper places, and with their assistance corrected such things as he found faulty.
Page 52 - Patrick, and to the examination of the prelate thereof. But if there, by him and his wise men, a cause of this nature cannot easily be made up, we have decreed it shall be sent to the see apostolic ; that is to say, to the chair of the Apostle Peter, which hath the authority of the city of Rome.
Page 139 - Laurentius, Mellitus, and Justus, servants of the servants of God. When the apostolic see, according to the universal custom which it has followed elsewhere, sent us to these western parts to preach to pagan nations, we came into this island, which is called Britain, without possessing any previous knowledge of its inhabitants.
Page 157 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 228 - Divine contemplations ; which sort of life, though at first forced upon them by necessity, became so agreeable to some of them, that when the persecution was over they would not return to their ancient habitations again, but chose rather to continue in those cottages or cells, which they had made themselves in the wilderness. The first and most noted of these were Paul and Antonius, two famous Egyptians, whom therefore St. Jerom calls" the fathers of the Christian hermits.
Page 158 - It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing, and life for evermore.
Page 44 - I was as a stone which lies in the deep mire, and He who is mighty came and in His mercy raised me out of it : He hath exalted me and placed me on the top of the wall...
Page 351 - Anglo-Saxons of that day," says this eminent author, " used to flock together to Ireland, as a market of learning ; whence it is that we continually find it said in our writers concerning holy men of old, He was sent away g^, opinion to be educated in Ireland....