The early Irish church; or, a sketch of its history and doctrine, Volume 2

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Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1845 - 106 páginas

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Página 41 - While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Página 22 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in...
Página 16 - DO you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this Office and Ministration, to serve God for the promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people?
Página 105 - Full laudably and profitably hath your magnificence conceived the design of propagating your glorious renown on earth, and completing your reward of eternal happiness in heaven ; while, as a Catholic prince, you are intent on enlarging the borders of the Church...
Página 31 - Whence we frequently meet, in our writers of the lives of the saints, 'such an one was sent over to Ireland for education.' " Mosheim, the German historian, referring to this period in Irish history, says — "The Irish, or Hibernians, who in this century were known by the name of Scots, were the only divines who refused to dishonour their reason by submitting it implicitly to the dictates of authority.
Página 30 - ... in France, Germany, and Italy, both during this and the following century. But that these Hibernians were the first teachers of the scholastic theology in Europe, and so early as the eighth century illustrated the doctrines of religion by the principles of philosophy) I learned but lately...
Página 30 - European nations, travelling through the most distant lands, both with a view to improve and to communicate their knowledge, is a fact with which I have been long acquainted ; as we see them in the most authentic records of antiquity discharging, with the highest reputation and applause, the function of doctor in France, Germany, and Italy, both during this and the following century.
Página 52 - Namely, like are joined unto like, that is to say, good to good, and bad to bad : just men to just angels, wicked men to wicked angels ; the servants of God to God, the servants of the devil to the devil. The blessed are called to the kingdom prepared for them from the beginning of the world : the cursed are driven into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels.
Página 104 - is of so unwarrantable and unjustifiable a nature, that some writers could not bring themselves to believe that he issued it, and have endeavoured to prove it a forgery ; but their efforts were of no avail, and never did there exist a more real or authentic document
Página 105 - He seems to have known nothing of the state of the Irish church, except what he heard from the lying accounts of the enemies of Ireland ; and as to ecclesiastical or other dirt...

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