An Historical Account of the Ancient Culdees of Iona, and of Their Settlements in Scotland, England, and IrelandJ. Ballantyne, 1811 - 417 pages |
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... lived . ' Lloyd , bishop of St Asaph , after saying , that he had not met with the word , in this form , " in any author before the time of Giraldus Cambrensis , " justly observes ; " Then it was a very usual thing to find out Latin ...
... lived . ' Lloyd , bishop of St Asaph , after saying , that he had not met with the word , in this form , " in any author before the time of Giraldus Cambrensis , " justly observes ; " Then it was a very usual thing to find out Latin ...
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... the South Piks , who lived , as Beda shews , south of the Grampian hills , or in Fifeshire , " & c . Enquiry , 1. 74. V. also ii . 265 , 266 . It may easily be accounted for , that there should THE ANCIENT CUldees . 11 CHAPTER.
... the South Piks , who lived , as Beda shews , south of the Grampian hills , or in Fifeshire , " & c . Enquiry , 1. 74. V. also ii . 265 , 266 . It may easily be accounted for , that there should THE ANCIENT CUldees . 11 CHAPTER.
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... lived . But we must conclude , either that his conduct has been misrepresented , or that he learned wisdom from the affecting proofs which he had of his own weakness . For it is acknowledged , by all the writers of his demoratur menses ...
... lived . But we must conclude , either that his conduct has been misrepresented , or that he learned wisdom from the affecting proofs which he had of his own weakness . For it is acknowledged , by all the writers of his demoratur menses ...
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... lived by the labour of their hands . " When giving an ac- Smith's Life of Columba , p . 114 . " -- Tantum ea quae in Propheticis , Evangelicis et Apostolicis literis discere poterant pietatis et castitatis opera diligenter observentes ...
... lived by the labour of their hands . " When giving an ac- Smith's Life of Columba , p . 114 . " -- Tantum ea quae in Propheticis , Evangelicis et Apostolicis literis discere poterant pietatis et castitatis opera diligenter observentes ...
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... lived together , and had some things in common , their wives and children , or their nearest relations , after the death of any of them , divided their property , and even claimed the offerings which had been made at the altar . This is ...
... lived together , and had some things in common , their wives and children , or their nearest relations , after the death of any of them , divided their property , and even claimed the offerings which had been made at the altar . This is ...
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Page 87 - ... of the church, as yet unsettled, might begin to falter, if it should be destitute of a pastor, though but for one hour. Wherein he also followed the example of the first pastor of the church, that is, of the most blessed prince of the apostles, Peter, who, having founded the church of Christ at Rome, is said to have consecrated Clement his assistant in preaching the Gospel, and at the same time his successor.
Page 191 - This being done, at his nod the rock was immediately lifted up, and, like a ship driven l>ya favourable breeze, proceeded to the nearest shore, and henceforth remained in the same place, as a memorial of this miracle, and is to this day called St Baldred's coble or cock-boat.
Page 152 - ... two ; and we hear that in the second volume of his ' Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland,' he is to prove that the bell-tower of Brechin was built by Irish churchmen, about 1010, or a few years after the death of that King Kenneth MacMalcolm, of whom it is written in the Chronicle of the Picts, ' This is he who gave the great city of Brechin to the Lord.
Page 223 - But as for you and your companions, you certainly sin if, having heard the decrees of the Apostolic See and of the Universal Church, and that the same is confirmed by Holy Writ, you refuse to follow them ; for, though your fathers were holy, do you think that their small number, in a corner of the remotest island, is to be preferred before the Universal Church of Christ throughout the world...
Page 222 - ... them to tormenting deaths, ravaging all their country for a long time, and resolving to cut off all the race of the English within the borders of Britain. Nor did he pay any respect to the Christian religion which had newly taken root among them...
Page 241 - English nation — thou attemptest, in thy wretched ambition and lust of domineering, to bring under thy jurisdiction thy neighbour provinces and nations, more noble, I will not say in multitude, or power, but in lineage, and antiquity; unto whom, if thou wilt consider ancient records, thou shouldst rather...
Page 97 - ... that of the Scots to wit — the orthodox faith, although they had for a long time previously believed in Christ. Before his arrival, the Scots had, as teachers of the faith and administrators of the Sacraments, priests only or monks, following the rite of the primitive church.
Page 21 - Oran raised his swimming eyes, and said, "There is no wonder in death, and hell is not as it is reported".
Page 224 - English, where he made some stay, observing the canonical rites of the church, and was earnestly admonished by many, who were more learned than himself, not to presume to live contrary to the universal custom of the Church, either in relation to the observance of Easter, or any other decrees whatsoever, considering the small number of his followers, seated in so distant a corner of the world; in consequence of this he changed his mind, and readily preferred those things which he had seen and heard...
Page 61 - Quo audito omnium, qui considebant, ad ipsum ora et oculi conuersi, diligenter, quid diceret, discutiebant, et ipsum esse dignum episcopatu, ipsum ad erudiendos incredulos et indoctos mitti debere decernunt, qui gratia discretionis, quae uirtutum mater est, ante omnia probatur inbutus; sicque illum ordinantes ad praedicandum miserunt.