The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Edited by J. A. Giles. 2d EdH. G. Bohn, 1849 - 515 pages |
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... Roman church , and their manner of chanting , for until then the Gallican or Mozarabic liturgy was used both in Britain and Ireland , as is alluded to in Augustine's Questions to pope Gregory . Each time , on his return to England ...
... Roman church , and their manner of chanting , for until then the Gallican or Mozarabic liturgy was used both in Britain and Ireland , as is alluded to in Augustine's Questions to pope Gregory . Each time , on his return to England ...
Page xxiv
... Romans in Britain is founded chiefly upon Orosius , Eutropius , and Gil- das , corrected , however , in some places by the author , appar- ently from tradition or local information , and augmented by an account of the introduction of ...
... Romans in Britain is founded chiefly upon Orosius , Eutropius , and Gil- das , corrected , however , in some places by the author , appar- ently from tradition or local information , and augmented by an account of the introduction of ...
Page xlii
... Romans as now restored ; whilst others commenced with the Annunciation ; a custom which became very prevalent in honour of the Virgin Mary , and was not formally abolished here till the year 1752 ; when the Gregorian calendar , commonly ...
... Romans as now restored ; whilst others commenced with the Annunciation ; a custom which became very prevalent in honour of the Virgin Mary , and was not formally abolished here till the year 1752 ; when the Gregorian calendar , commonly ...
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... Roman Church , found there some epistles of the blessed Pope Gregory , and other popes ; and returning home , by the advice of the aforesaid most reverend father Albinus , brought them to me , to be in- serted in my history . Thus ...
... Roman Church , found there some epistles of the blessed Pope Gregory , and other popes ; and returning home , by the advice of the aforesaid most reverend father Albinus , brought them to me , to be in- serted in my history . Thus ...
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... - nus , and other Roman authors . See the Appendix to my History of the Ancient Britons . Richborough , Kent . § Boulogne . pearls of all colours , red , purple , violet 4 [ B. I. c . I. BEDE'S ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY . CHAP. 1. ...
... - nus , and other Roman authors . See the Appendix to my History of the Ancient Britons . Richborough , Kent . § Boulogne . pearls of all colours , red , purple , violet 4 [ B. I. c . I. BEDE'S ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY . CHAP. 1. ...
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Page 65 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 189 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 279 - Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Page 65 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Page 177 - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Page 82 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 56 - English, determined upon, viz., that the temples of the idols in that nation ought not to be destroyed; but let the idols that are in them be destroyed; let holy water be made and sprinkled in the said temples, let altars be erected, and relics placed. For if these temples are well built, it is requisite that they be converted from the worship of devils to the service of the true God...
Page 167 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Page 278 - This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Page 48 - Not that which goeth into the mouth, defileth a man : but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Page 167 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.