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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... Iberi, ultimi habitatores mundi, nihil extra evangelicam et apostolicam doctrinam recipientes : nullus hereticus, nullus iudaeus, nullus scismaticus fuit; sed fides catholica, sicut a vobis primum, sanctorum videlicet apostolorum successoribus, tradita est, inconcussa tenetur. In this assertion of the orthodoxy of Ireland, the words which I have italicised might be taken to imply that Ireland received the Catholic faith directly from the Popes. This would be a misinterpretation. The words can only refer generally to the transmission and maintenance of orthodox doctrine at Rome.1 The text of the canon of appeal (Hibernensis, 20, 5, b) is as follows:-- Si quae difficiles '-' questiones in hac insula oriantur, ad sedem apostolicam referantur. It is referred to in the Liber Angueli (356n), where the claim of Armagh to decide a causa ualde difficilis is laid down; but if Armagh does not succeed in settling the question, then ad sedem apostolicam decreuimus esse mittendam [sc. causani. It is further stated: hii sunt qui de hoc decreuerunt id est Auxilius Patricius Secundinus Benignus. If these names are selected from the signatories of a synod at which the canon was passed, the presence of Secundinus, who died 447-8 (see App. B, note p. 292), shows that the synod must have been held before that year. Benignus would have been still a presbyter.8 17. PatricKs Paschal Table [See Dr. B. MacCarthy's Introduction to the Annals of Ulster, vol. iv.J The Paschal table drawn up by Dionysius (based on a cycle of 19 years like the Alexandrine) superseded the Paschal canon of Victorius of Aquitaine about 525 A.d. in the Roman Church. The canon of Victorius (based on a cycle of 532 years) had been introduced in 457 A.d. and continued to be used in Gaul to...
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- PublisherBooks for Libraries Press
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0836966066
- ISBN 13 9780836966060
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages404
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The Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Reprint Edition. Pp: xv + 404. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ b/w maps (listed). Brown cloth embossed bds. Some damp spots on the bds. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Reprint of the 1905 edition. The classic Life of St. Patrick, by the well known editor and historian. Includes informative notes, appendices and index. A good sturdy copy. Seller Inventory # 005110
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