The Life And Acts Of Saint Patrick The Archbishop Primate And Apostle Of Ireland Now First Translated From The Original Latin Of Jocelin With The Elucidations Of D Rothe Bishop Of Ossory By E L Swift Tractate On The Several Names Of Ireland Lp

Author : Jocelin Jocelin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331607291
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Acts of Saint Patrick, the Archbishop, Primate and Apostle of Ireland written by Jocelin Jocelin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Acts of Saint Patrick, the Archbishop, Primate and Apostle of Ireland: Now first Translated From the Original Latin of Jocelin, the Cistercian Monk of Furnes, Who Flourished in the Early Part of the Twelfth Century; With the Elucidations of David Rothe; Bishop of Ossory Mmfle like the Candlestick before the Lord, we should labour to clear away the superfluous, extinguish the false, and illuminate webbswm which though by the' devotion we have toward St. Patrick we are bound to do yet are we thereto enjoined by the commands 'of the most reverend thomas Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Irelawd, and of malachy the bishop 0f Down 3 and to these are added the request of john DP Connor the most illustrious Prince of Ulidia, who is known to be the most especial admirer and honorer of St. Patrick, and whom we think it'most becoming to obey. But if any snake in the way, or serpent ih the path, watching our steps, shall rashly accuse us 3 herein of presumption, and shall attack our hand with wiper tooth, yet do we, with the blessed paul, eollect the vine twigs for the fire, and cast the viper into the films. Wherefore, in describing the Saints that sleep, which were the branches of the true Vine, so that the minds of the faithful may be inflamed toward the love and belief of glinst, we little regard the tongue of the! Sooner, and of the slanderer; for if we are to be judged qf such, with the Apostle, setting them at mail account. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.