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... abbot of Durrogh . While visiting his old tutor , Columba surreptitiously copied a manuscript belonging to his host . When the work was finished Finian claimed the copy , but Columba resisted the claim . Diarmaid , king of Ulster , a ...
... abbot of Durrogh . While visiting his old tutor , Columba surreptitiously copied a manuscript belonging to his host . When the work was finished Finian claimed the copy , but Columba resisted the claim . Diarmaid , king of Ulster , a ...
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... abbots held a council at Teltown in Meath , to consider the conduct of Columba , and judged that as he was the cause of all the bloodshed by which many sons were lost to the Church , he should be banished from his native land until he ...
... abbots held a council at Teltown in Meath , to consider the conduct of Columba , and judged that as he was the cause of all the bloodshed by which many sons were lost to the Church , he should be banished from his native land until he ...
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... abbot . Whatever might help to arouse their self - respect and courage , he was careful to provide . No expense was spared , and the difficulty of language was lessened by a plentiful supply of interpreters . BENEDICTINE MONK . 1 The ...
... abbot . Whatever might help to arouse their self - respect and courage , he was careful to provide . No expense was spared , and the difficulty of language was lessened by a plentiful supply of interpreters . BENEDICTINE MONK . 1 The ...
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... abbot , and an abbot was not empowered to ordain men to the work of the ministry which was necessary for carrying on a Christian mission successfully . Only a bishop has this power , and a bishop must be consecrated by other bishops ...
... abbot , and an abbot was not empowered to ordain men to the work of the ministry which was necessary for carrying on a Christian mission successfully . Only a bishop has this power , and a bishop must be consecrated by other bishops ...
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... Abbot of Melrose , which the brethren of Lindisfarne had founded . His personal dignity would be less wounded by the change of custom , and the fact that he could so readily accept such a charge , at such a time , is proof that the ...
... Abbot of Melrose , which the brethren of Lindisfarne had founded . His personal dignity would be less wounded by the change of custom , and the fact that he could so readily accept such a charge , at such a time , is proof that the ...
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Page 119 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 273 - THE HOUSE OF GOD THE HOME OF MAN. By the Rev. Canon JELF. THE INNER LIFE, as Revealed in the Correspondence of Celebrated Christians. Edited by the late Rev. T. ERSKINE. THE LIFE OF THE SOUL IN THE WORLD ; its Nature, Needs, Dangers, Sorrows, Aids, and Joys.
Page 55 - Augustine, is said, in a threatening manner, to have foretold, that in case they would not join in unity with their brethren, they should be warred upon by their enemies ; and, if they would not preach the way of life to the English nation, they should at their hands undergo the vengeance of death.
Page 46 - Then repairing to the bishop of the Roman apostolical see, (for he was not himself then made pope,) he entreated him to send some ministers of the word into Britain to the nation of the English, by whom it might be converted to Christ...