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... , is the chief object of the Author . At the same time readers are warned not to expect herein a complete record of all the important facts and persons connected with our Church. TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION . The Church in Celtic Britain .
... , is the chief object of the Author . At the same time readers are warned not to expect herein a complete record of all the important facts and persons connected with our Church. TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION . The Church in Celtic Britain .
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Charles Arthur Lane. all the important facts and persons connected with our Church in every age , but only to look for sufficient typical examples as will help them to judge for themselves of the incorrectness of theories recently ...
Charles Arthur Lane. all the important facts and persons connected with our Church in every age , but only to look for sufficient typical examples as will help them to judge for themselves of the incorrectness of theories recently ...
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... the perusal of the following pages to desire more detailed information of any circumstances or persons , can obtain it by consulting such books as are referred to in the footnotes , which can usually be obtained PREFACE . vii.
... the perusal of the following pages to desire more detailed information of any circumstances or persons , can obtain it by consulting such books as are referred to in the footnotes , which can usually be obtained PREFACE . vii.
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... persons in speaking or writing of the English Church have limited the application of the geographical term to the English race —that is to say , to the descendants of the Anglo - Saxon tribes who commenced to occupy Britain in the ...
... persons in speaking or writing of the English Church have limited the application of the geographical term to the English race —that is to say , to the descendants of the Anglo - Saxon tribes who commenced to occupy Britain in the ...
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... persons as had undergone a long period of initiation , and even then under the strictest seal of secrecy . We are further told that the Britons were an agricultural as well as a trading community , but inadequately sheltered , clothed ...
... persons as had undergone a long period of initiation , and even then under the strictest seal of secrecy . We are further told that the Britons were an agricultural as well as a trading community , but inadequately sheltered , clothed ...
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Abbey abbot Alfred ancient Anglo-Saxon Anselm appointed archbishop of Canterbury archbishop of York Augustine barons battle became Becket Bede benefices Britain British Church Britons built called canons Canterbury Cathedral Caratacus Cathedral Celtic century chief Christ Christian claimed clergy Cloth boards Conqueror Conquest consecrated council court Crown Crusades Danes death declared died diocese Dunstan East Anglia ecclesiastical Edward English Church estates Ethelbert Ethelred excommunicated Faith favour Fcap Gaul Gregory Grossetête heathen Henry Holy honour influence John Kent king king's kingdom land Lanfranc Langton legate Lindisfarne lived London Mercia mission missionaries monasteries monastic monks nobles Norman Normandy Northumbria Oswy papacy papal Paulinus persons pope pope's preach prelates priest princes province refused reign religious Roman saints Saxon Scots secular sent soon spiritual Stephen Langton supremacy synod Teutonic Theodore tribes Wales Welsh Wessex Wilfrid William Rufus William the Conqueror Winchester Witan worship Wycliffe York
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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...