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... abbat , eight years after [ A.D. 682 ] , built another monastic establishment , which he dedicated to St. Paul , at Jarrow , on the banks of the Tyne , at the distance of about five miles from the former . In memory of this , the ...
... abbat , eight years after [ A.D. 682 ] , built another monastic establishment , which he dedicated to St. Paul , at Jarrow , on the banks of the Tyne , at the distance of about five miles from the former . In memory of this , the ...
Page xi
... abbat who sent him for ordination , and to the bishop , who hesitated not to admit him so prematurely to that holy rite . It is moreover Baid of him that , in his ardour for study , he declined to be raised to the dignity of an abbat ...
... abbat who sent him for ordination , and to the bishop , who hesitated not to admit him so prematurely to that holy rite . It is moreover Baid of him that , in his ardour for study , he declined to be raised to the dignity of an abbat ...
Page xiv
... abbat of Wearmouth : Cuthbert , called likewise Antonius , to whom he inscribed his book , De Arte Metrica , and who succeeded Huetbert , and was afterwards abbat of Jarrow ; he wrote of his master's death , but of this hereafter : also ...
... abbat of Wearmouth : Cuthbert , called likewise Antonius , to whom he inscribed his book , De Arte Metrica , and who succeeded Huetbert , and was afterwards abbat of Jarrow ; he wrote of his master's death , but of this hereafter : also ...
Page xxix
... abbat of Lindisfarne , Berthun , abbat of Beverley , and Pechthelm , bishop of Whit- here . The author received secondary evidence with caution , for he distinguishes between the statements which he received from eye - witnesses , and ...
... abbat of Lindisfarne , Berthun , abbat of Beverley , and Pechthelm , bishop of Whit- here . The author received secondary evidence with caution , for he distinguishes between the statements which he received from eye - witnesses , and ...
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... abbat of the same . [ A.D. 602. ] AUGUSTINE having his episcopal see granted him in the royal city , as has been said , and being supported by the king , re- covered therein a church , which he was informed had been built by the ancient ...
... abbat of the same . [ A.D. 602. ] AUGUSTINE having his episcopal see granted him in the royal city , as has been said , and being supported by the king , re- covered therein a church , which he was informed had been built by the ancient ...
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Page 291 - Benedict, and afterwards by Ceolfrid ; and spending all the remaining time of my life in that monastery, I wholly applied myself to the study of Scripture, and amidst the observance of regular discipline, and the daily care of singing in the church, I always took delight in learning, teaching, and writing.
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 42 - For things are not to be loved for the sake of places, but places for the sake of good things.
Page 165 - 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 165 - 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.
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 165 - And I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages ; That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth ; To them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves.
Page 154 - All our forefathers, men beloved of God, are known to have kept it after the same manner ; and that the same may not seem to any contemptible or worthy to be rejected, it is the same which St. John the evangelist, the disciple beloved of our Lord, with all the Churches over which he presided, is recorded to have observed.