ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

OF

IRELAND

FROM THE

INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY

INTO THAT COUNTRY,

TO THE

COMMENCEMENT OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.

BY REV. P. J. CAREW,

PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY, ROYAL COLLEGE, MAYNOOTH.

DUBLIN:
PRINTED BY JOHN COYNE, 24, COOKE-STREET.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER 1.

Origin of Christianity in Ireland— Mission of Palladius--of St. Patrick

Superstition of the Irish before their Conversion

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Former intercourse of Ireland with the nations first converted to the Gospel.

The first knowledge of Christianity thus conveyed to Ireland.
The Irish people not converted until the time of St. Patrick.
Palladius the First Bishop sent to Ireland.
The Irish received their knowledge of religion from the West.
The Irish not chargeable with the error of the Quartodecimans.
The worship of the Sun, the prevailing worship in Ireland before the introduc-

tion of Christianity there.

CHAPTER II.

Narrative of the principal circumstances connected with the missions of Palla-

dius and St. Patrick-Death of Palladius-St. Patrick appointed to succeed

him

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St. Celestine learns that some Converts to the Gospel had been made in Ire-

land.

Resolves to appoint a Bishop over the rising church of that country.