The life of st. Patrick, apostle of Ireland. With a preliminary enquiry into the authority of the traditional history of the saint

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الصفحة 13 - For a time it seemed as if the course of the world's history was to be changed, as if the older Celtic race that Roman and German had swept before them had turned to the moral conquest of their conquerors, as if Celtic and not Latin Christianity was to mould the destinies of the churches of the West.
الصفحة 173 - Against false laws of heretics, Against craft of idolatry, Against spells of women and smiths and wizards, Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.
الصفحة 172 - I arise today Through God's strength to pilot me: God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me...
الصفحة 175 - Erin, from the first occupation of this island down to the reception of the faith, were all exhibited by Dubhthach to Patrick. What did not clash with the Word of God in the written law, and in the New Testament, and...
الصفحة 172 - In the service of archangels, In hope of resurrection to meet with reward, In prayers of Patriarchs, In predictions of Prophets, In preachings of Apostles, In faiths of confessors, In innocence of holy Virgins, In deeds of righteous men. I arise to-day Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun, Radiance of moon, Splendour of fire, Speed of lightning.
الصفحة 173 - Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ...
الصفحة 12 - The new Christian life soon beat too strongly to brook confinement within the bounds of Ireland itself. Patrick, the first missionary of the island, had not been half a century dead when Irish Christianity flung itself with a fiery zeal into battle with the mass of heathenism which was rolling in upon the Christian world.
الصفحة 173 - Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.
الصفحة 171 - God, demons shall not stand before his face : it will be a defence to him against every poison and envy : it will be a safeguard to him against sudden death : it will be a corslet to his soul after his death.

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