The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon ChurchEdward Walker, 1810 - 528 páginas |
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Página iv
... duty to consult the original historians . Who would draw from the troubled stream , when he may drink at the foun- tain head ? It may , perhaps , be expected that I should offer an apology for the freedom with which I have occasionally ...
... duty to consult the original historians . Who would draw from the troubled stream , when he may drink at the foun- tain head ? It may , perhaps , be expected that I should offer an apology for the freedom with which I have occasionally ...
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... duties and qualifications of its mi- nisters , and the events which confirmed its influence over the minds of its professors . Such researches , whatever may be the nation to which they refer , are pleasing to an inquisitive reader ...
... duties and qualifications of its mi- nisters , and the events which confirmed its influence over the minds of its professors . Such researches , whatever may be the nation to which they refer , are pleasing to an inquisitive reader ...
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... duties of his profession , won the esteem , while his arguments con- vinced the understanding of his hearers . Each day the number of proselytes encreased ; and , within a few years , the church of Northumbria was fixed on a solid and ...
... duties of his profession , won the esteem , while his arguments con- vinced the understanding of his hearers . Each day the number of proselytes encreased ; and , within a few years , the church of Northumbria was fixed on a solid and ...
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... duty which they had learnt ( 58 ) . Of the zeal of the more opulent among the laity , the numerous churches , hospitals , and monasteries which they founded , are a sufficient proof : and the clergy could boast with equal truth of the ...
... duty which they had learnt ( 58 ) . Of the zeal of the more opulent among the laity , the numerous churches , hospitals , and monasteries which they founded , are a sufficient proof : and the clergy could boast with equal truth of the ...
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... duty it was to notify the day of the festival to the more distant churches . Unfortunately , the Ro- man agreed not with the Alexandrian method of compu- tation ; a different cycle of years was employed ; and the limits of the ...
... duty it was to notify the day of the festival to the more distant churches . Unfortunately , the Ro- man agreed not with the Alexandrian method of compu- tation ; a different cycle of years was employed ; and the limits of the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abbot Alcuin Aldfrid altar ancient Anglo-Saxon Anno apostles apud Wilk archbishop authority Bede bishop blessing body Bonif brethren canons Canterbury century ceremony chapter chastity Christ christian clergy Coldingham commanded conduct consecrated converts council council of Cloveshoe Cuth death dignity diocese disciples discipline donations duties ecclesiastical Eddius Egfrid episcopal eucharist exhorted faithful favour frequently gospel Gregory heaven hist holy honour Ibid institute intrusted king king of Mercia king of Northumbria labours legislator Lindisfarne Mercia merit metropolitan missionaries monastery monastic monks nations Northumbria observed Oswiu pagan piety Pont pontiff pope prayer prelates priest prince profession punishment quæ received regulations religion religious Roman Rome Sæc saints Saxon Saxon church Scottish solicited spirit St Aldhelm St Augustine St Benedict St Cuth St Cuthbert St Peter St Wilfrid successors superior synod thanes Theodore tion veneration virtue Wilf Wilfrid worship writers zeal
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Página 238 - Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates ; and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Página 220 - The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon thee, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and piety, the spirit of the fear of the Lord.
Página 76 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Página 374 - True, father," replied the abbess, " and my heart I have given to him. While he possesses it, he will not be offended with external...
Página 76 - It is indifferent for judges and magistrates: for if they be facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children.
Página 218 - Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well ; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
Página 55 - ... ut omnino desit locus, ubi filii nobilium aut emeritorum militum possessionem accipere possint : ideoque vacantes ac sine conjugio, exacto tempore pubertatis, nullo continentiae proposito perdurent, atque hanc ob rem vel patriam suam pro qua militare debuerant trans mare abeuntes relinquant...
Página 344 - Northumbria were alarmed by the appearance of a Danish armament near the coast. The barbarians were permitted to land without opposition. The plunder of the churches exceeded their most sanguine expectations : and their route was marked by the mangled carcases of the nuns, the monks, and the priests, whom they had massacred.
Página 30 - Britons sold with scruple to the merchants of the continent their countrymen, and even their own children. Their religion was accommodated to their manners, and their manners were perpetuated by their religion. In their theology they acknowledged no sin but cowardice ; and revered no virtue but courage. Their gods they appeased with the blood of human victims. Of a future life their notions were faint and wavering ; and if the soul were fated to survive the body, to quaff ale out of the skulls of...
Página 275 - ... but to God alone : because no creature is worthy of that honour ; but he alone who is the maker of all things. To him only we ought to pray. He only is very Lord and very God. We desire intercession of holy men, that they will intercede for us to their Lord and our Lord. Nevertheless, we do not pray to them as we do to God...