Saint Patrick (About 389-461) (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Falls, Rose C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440086249 ISBN 13 : 9781440086243

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

An evidence-based portrait of St Patrick and his influence in early Ireland.

This book presents a careful, source-driven look at the life of the apostle and how his message shaped Irish society. It blends historical records with contemporary scholarship to explore what can be known about Patrick, his journeys, and the communities he touched.

• examines Patrick’s travels and missionary work across early Ireland
• analyzes the key sources and debates that surround his life, including ancient biographies and later interpretations
• explains how Patrick’s mission related to Irish religion, politics, and church organization
• clarifies what the accounts say about Ireland before and after evangelization

Ideal for readers of religious history, Celtic studies, and early medieval Europe, this edition offers a concise, accessible route into a complex historical portrait.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Evangelisation of I reland, mingled as it is with the life of St Patrick, is one of the most surprising facts in the life of the Church in the fifth century. Beyond the limits of the Roman world, the conquest of a whole country was achieved in a few years by the initiative of one man. True, Christianity had become the State religion of the Roman Empire. But Rome had never penetrated into I reland. Thus, as regards the heathen population of that island, St Patrick found himself confronted with the same situation as were the Apostles in face of the Greco-R oman paganism. The conversion of I reland was effected during a period when it seemed that civilisation and the new religion must both disappear, swept away by the tide of barbarian invasion. Yet Providence was even then preparing reserves of sanctity and learning, which in Gaul and Italy would, in the seventh century, be the leaven of monastic life and of that of the Christian
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440086249
• ISBN 13: 9781440086243
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 175
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