 | John Lingard - 1810 - 570 pages
...works, has borne the most honourable testimony to their virtue. With a glowing pencil he displays their patience, their chastity, the.ir frequent meditation...consent of all other christian churches : but this he pi(10) Usher, Brit. eccl. antiq. p. 919. ously trusted would disappear in the bright effulgence of... | |
 | Martin M'Dermot - 1820 - 1058 pages
...benefactions of the opulent they respectfully declined, or instantly employed in relieving the distresses of the indigent. One only stain did he discover in...esteem for their forefathers — which prompted them to pre• Usher Brit. Eccl. Anliq. p. 619. fer their own customs to the consent of all other Christian... | |
 | John Lingard - 1845 - 482 pages
...virtue : and the benefactions of the opulent they 1 See Lanigan on the Scottish monks, iv. p. 348. respectfully declined, or instantly employed in relieving...would disappear in the bright effulgence of their virtues.1 III. To these two forms of monachism, which came in with the foreign missionaries, we have... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1849 - 504 pages
...The little property which they enjoyed was common to all ; poverty they esteemed as the surest guard of virtue, and the benefactions of the opulent they...disappear in the bright effulgence of their virtues. well known that the excessive wealth of the archbishopric of Armagh was owing to the quantity of old... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1849 - 512 pages
...The little property which they enjoyed was common to all; poverty they esteemed as the surest guard of virtue, and the benefactions of the opulent they...indigent; one only stain did he discover in their character—an immoderate esteem for their forefathers, which prompted them to prefer their own customs... | |
 | John Lingard - 1851 - 338 pages
...works, has borne the most honourable testimony to their virtue. With a glowing pencil he displays their patience, their chastity, their frequent meditation...would disappear in the bright effulgence of their virtues.11 3. While the disciples of Gregory in the south, and those of Columba in the north, were... | |
 | 1922 - 642 pages
...declined, or instantly employed in relieving the necessities of the indigent. Only one stain did he [Bede] discover in their character — an immoderate esteem...disappear in the bright effulgence of their virtues." For further information on this particular point the reader is referred to Vol. I., Chapters 1, 5,... | |
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... to instruct the ignorant, to discourage vice, and to plead the cause of the unfortunate. The little property which they enjoyed was common to all. Poverty they esteemed as the surest guardian of virtue : and the benefactions of the opulent they respectfully... 