A primer of the history of the ... Catholic Church in Ireland ... to the formation of the modern Irish branch of the Church of Rome (by R. King).1843 |
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... speak of . There are little books on geology and botany , arith- metic and cookery ; little books of birds , and beasts , and fishes ; little books on music and farming ; little books on dress , and on card - playing ; and I could wish ...
... speak of . There are little books on geology and botany , arith- metic and cookery ; little books of birds , and beasts , and fishes ; little books on music and farming ; little books on dress , and on card - playing ; and I could wish ...
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... speak of , the greatest ignorance has hitherto prevailed , and the grossest falsehoods and misre- presentations have been circulated and believed , concerning the state of religion here in old times . And yet there can be no subject ...
... speak of , the greatest ignorance has hitherto prevailed , and the grossest falsehoods and misre- presentations have been circulated and believed , concerning the state of religion here in old times . And yet there can be no subject ...
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... speak of , the greatest ignorance has hitherto prevailed , and the grossest falsehoods and misre- presentations have been circulated and believed , concerning the state of religion here in old times . In this little volume I have done ...
... speak of , the greatest ignorance has hitherto prevailed , and the grossest falsehoods and misre- presentations have been circulated and believed , concerning the state of religion here in old times . In this little volume I have done ...
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... speaking of your Church ; I am not at the same time ashamed nor afraid to express myself as being as decidedly opposed to Rome , as were the ancient Irish thirteen centuries ago , although I believe for far more serious grounds than ...
... speaking of your Church ; I am not at the same time ashamed nor afraid to express myself as being as decidedly opposed to Rome , as were the ancient Irish thirteen centuries ago , although I believe for far more serious grounds than ...
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... speaking of Ireland , says , " The soil and climate , and the dispositions and habits of the people differ not much from Britain : the approaches to the country , and its ports are better known , through commercial intercourse and ...
... speaking of Ireland , says , " The soil and climate , and the dispositions and habits of the people differ not much from Britain : the approaches to the country , and its ports are better known , through commercial intercourse and ...
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Page x - HEAR this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Page 20 - 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 64 - The lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good. 11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Page 335 - And we also bless thy holy Name, for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear ; beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom.
Page 245 - I do further declare him or her, father or mother, brother or sister, " son or daughter, husband or wife, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, " kinsman or kinswoman, master or mistress, and all others, nearest or " dearest relations, friend or acquaintance whatsoever, accursed, that " either do or shall hold, for the time to come, any ecclesiastical or *' civil power above the authority of the mother church, or that do or " shall obey, for the time to come, any of her, the mother of churches...
Page 270 - Chester on his journey, the mayor of that city, hearing that her majesty was sending a messenger into Ireland, and he being a churchman, waited on the doctor, who in discourse with the mayor taketh out of a cloke-bag a leather box, saying unto him, Here is a commission that shall lash the heretics of Ireland, calling the Protestants by that title.
Page 337 - There is indeed no doubt, as your highness also doth acknowledge, that Ireland and all the islands upon which Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, hath shone, do belong to the patrimony of St. Peter and the holy Roman Church.
Page 96 - 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 180 - There is indeed no doubt but that Ireland, and all the islands on which Christ the Sun of Righteousness hath shone, and which have received the doctrines of the Christian faith, do belong to the jurisdiction of St. Peter and of the holy Roman church, as your excellency also doth acknowledge.
Page 338 - Adrian, Bishop, servant of the servants of God, to our well-beloved son in Christ, the illustrious King of the English, Health and Apostolical Benediction.