The Church of England: The medieval churchCassell, 1897 |
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abbey abbot Alfred Anglo-Saxon Anselm archbishop archbishop of Canterbury became Becket Benedictine bishop canons Canterbury Canute Cassell's cathedral century Cheap Edition Christ Christendom Christian Chronicle Church of England Cistercian claims clergy cloth Colet Coloured Conqueror Conquest council crown Crusades Danish death devoted doctrine duke earl ecclesiastical Edward the Confessor Erasmus Ethelred Europe famous France Franciscan friars Gloucester Harold Harthacanute Henry Beauclerc Henry II Hildebrand holy honour Illustrated influence John king Edward king's land Lanfranc legate letters lived Lollard London Lord mediæval medieval mendicant mighty minister minster monasteries monastic monks noble Norman Norman Conquest Normandy Oxford papal Paston period Plantagenet Pope popular possessed prelates priests queen Reformation reign religious houses Roman Rome royal Rufus saint Saxon scholar sovereign spiritual Stigand story strange teaching Templars Testament tion vast Viking Vols Westminster William William the Conqueror Witan words writes Wyclif
Popular passages
Page 168 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 458 - I long that the husbandman should sing portions of them to himself as he follows the plough, that the weaver should hum them to the tune of his shuttle, that the traveller should beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey.
Page 248 - From all sedition and privy conspiracy, from the tyranny of the Bishop of Rome, and all his detestable enormities, from all false doctrine and heresy, from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment.
Page 226 - O Hope of every contrite heart! O Joy of all the meek! To those who fall, how kind thou art! How good to those who seek!
Page 264 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light sinned.
Page 76 - Now he laid the foundations of the church With large square blocks of grey stone ; Its foundations are deep, The front towards the east he makes round, The stones are very strong and hard. In the centre rises a tower, And two at the western front ; And fine and large bells he hangs there. The pillars and entablature Are rich without and within. At the bases and...