The Religious History of Ireland: Primitive, Papal and Protestant Including the Evangelical Missions, Catholic Agitations, and Church Progress of the Last Half-centuryKing, 1873 - 313 pages |
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... became a terror to the Irish court . ' Columba's next visit was to the King of Ossory , whom the King of Ireland had cast into prison , where , loaded with chains , he was kept under a strong guard . Here the old Chronicle records a ...
... became a terror to the Irish court . ' Columba's next visit was to the King of Ossory , whom the King of Ireland had cast into prison , where , loaded with chains , he was kept under a strong guard . Here the old Chronicle records a ...
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... became an eminent confessor for the faith of Christ . ' Such were the stories that passed for ecclesiastical history in the times when the Irish Annals were written . In the mass , those medieval chronicles are distinguished by the most ...
... became an eminent confessor for the faith of Christ . ' Such were the stories that passed for ecclesiastical history in the times when the Irish Annals were written . In the mass , those medieval chronicles are distinguished by the most ...
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... became so macerated that his bones had almost pierced through his skin ; and when the wind blew hard through the wall of his cell , which was unplastered , and forced aside his upper garment , his ribs became visible through his habit ...
... became so macerated that his bones had almost pierced through his skin ; and when the wind blew hard through the wall of his cell , which was unplastered , and forced aside his upper garment , his ribs became visible through his habit ...
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... . Keane has pro- duced an irresistible array of historic proofs and illustrations , that the early Celtic saints became the actual inheritors of the C glory and prestige of the heathen gods , while GODS AND SAINTS 27.
... . Keane has pro- duced an irresistible array of historic proofs and illustrations , that the early Celtic saints became the actual inheritors of the C glory and prestige of the heathen gods , while GODS AND SAINTS 27.
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... became Chris- tians , as we read that St. Patrick caused more than 180 volumes to be burned . But heathen monuments and customs were not destroyed in Ireland at all to the same extent as in other coun- tries which formed part of the ...
... became Chris- tians , as we read that St. Patrick caused more than 180 volumes to be burned . But heathen monuments and customs were not destroyed in Ireland at all to the same extent as in other coun- tries which formed part of the ...
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