Venerabilis Baedae Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum, Historiam abbatum, Epistolam ad Ecgberctum, una cum Historia abbatum auctore anonymo, Volume 1E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1896 - 545 pages |
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abbas abbot added on margin altered Angli Anglorum antistes apostolorum archiepiscopus beati Beda Bede Bede's beginning Bishop Brettonum Brittaniam caelestis Cantia century Ceolfrid chapter Christi Church Cudb cuius Cuthbert death Deus dominicae Domino ecclesia ecclesiae eduini eius eiusdem episcopatum episcopatus episcopi episcopus erasure esset fidei first gentis Gildas given H₁ Hibernia Hist Honorius ille illo inserted insula ipsa iuxta Jarrow later letter life Merciorum monasterio monastery neque Nordanhymbrorum note notes O₁ omnibus Osric Osuiu papa pascha paschalis Petri preface presbyter probably prouincia read reading rege regis regni Romam same sancti Saxones Saxonum says Scottorum sicut simul sine siue Stevenson suae tamen tempore text three tunc uenit ueritatis uero Uerum uidelicet uita uitae uitam uobis uocabulo uocatur usque viii words work works written
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Page 357 - Ceolfrido; cunctumque ex eo tempus uitae in eiusdem monasterii habitatione peragens omnem meditandis scripturis operam dedi: atque inter obseruantiam disciplinae regularis et cotidianam cantandi in ecclesia curam semper aut discere aut docere aut scribere dulce habui.
Page 259 - ... et compunctione compositis in sua, id est Anglorum, lingua proferret. Cuius carminibus multorum saepe animi ad contemtum saeculi et appetitum sunt uitae caelestis accensi.
Page 99 - Lilla minister régi amicissimus, non habens scutum ad manum, quo regem a nece defenderet, mox interposuit corpus suum ante ictum pungentis; sed tanta ui hostis ferrum infixit, ut per corpus militis occisi etiam regem uulneraret.
Page xxiv - That light we see is burning in my hall. How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Page 261 - Canebat autem de creatione mundi et origine humani generis et tota genesis historia, de egressu Israel ex Aegypto et ingressu in terram repromissionis...
Page 47 - At ubi datam sibi mansionem intrauerant, coeperunt apostolicam primitiuae ecclesiae uitam imitari; orationibus uidelicet assiduis, uigiliis ac ieiuniis seruiendo, uerbum uitae, quibus poterant, praedicando, cuncta huius mundi uelut aliena spernendo, ea tantum, quae uictui necessaria uidebantur, ab eis, quos docebant, accipiendo, secundum ea, quae docebant, ipsi per omnia uiuendo, et paratum ad patiendum aduersa quaeque uel etiam ad moriendum pro ea, quam praedicabant, ueritate animum habendo.
Page clviii - Church. Evil deeds, the imagination of which may perhaps have dimly floated through our minds in our darkest moments, are here tabulated and reduced to a system. It is hard to see how anyone could busy himself with such literature and not be the worse for it.
Page xxviii - To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech thee, a place of refreshment, light and peace.
Page ix - Baeda, a servant of Christ and priest of the monastery of the blessed apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, which is...
Page 82 - Tollite iugum meum super vos, et discite a me quia mitis sum et humilis corde.' Si ergo Augustinus ille mitis est et humilis corde, credibile est quia...