 Alfred the Great complained, that from the Humber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the liturgy in his mother-tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the sea, the ecclesiastics were still...  Hints to My Countrymen - Strona 28autor: Theodore Sedgwick - 1826 - Liczba stron: 216Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1840 - Liczba stron: 348
...and' many of them could not read. In England, .Alfred the, Great complained, that from the H umber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the Liturgy in his mother tongue, or .who could translate the easiest piece of Latin. Alanus describes the. priests as rather given "... | |
 | Sir Francis Palgrave - 1844 - Liczba stron: 168
...members. In England, in the time of Alfred the Great, it was complained by that enlightened monarch, that from the Humber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the liturgy in his mother-tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin; and that from the Thames to the sea... | |
 | Samuel Roffey Maitland - 1845 - Liczba stron: 560
...a convenient way of quoting. 3 Wilkins's Cone., i. 250. To proceed, however, with Robertson : — " Alfred the Great complained that, from the Humber...priest who understood the liturgy in his mother tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that, from the Thames to the sea, the ecclesiastics... | |
 | 1845 - Liczba stron: 1024
...Gregory's Pastoral, Bocthius de Consolatione, and Bedc's Ecclesiastical History. He complained bitterly, that from the Humber to the Thames there was not a priest that understood the Liturgy in his mother tongue, and that from the Thames to the sea, there was not... | |
 | George Smith - 1846 - Liczba stron: 562
...decline of godliness was grievous ;" and it is well known that when king Alfred came to the throne he complained that, from the Humber to the Thames, there...priest who understood the Liturgy in his mother tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the sea, the ecclesiastics... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1850 - Liczba stron: 964
...Whether they could read the Gospels and Epistles, and explain the tenor of them, at least literally?" — Alfred the Great complained, that from the Humber...priest who understood the liturgy in his mother tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that front the Thames tu the sea, the ecclesiastics... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1850 - Liczba stron: 684
...Whether they could read the Gospels and Epistles, and explain the tenor of them, at least literally?' 1 —Alfred the Great complained, that from the Humber...priest who understood the liturgy in his mother tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin; and that from the Thames to the sea, the ecclesiastics... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - Liczba stron: 890
...of letters. These facts could not exist except where the power of reading and writing is universal. Alfred the Great complained, that, from the Humber...priest who understood the liturgy in his mother tongue, and from the Tlmmes to the sea they were still more ignorant. As late as the fourteenth century, Du... | |
 | John Smedley - 1854 - Liczba stron: 102
...decline of godliness was grievous ;' and it is well known that when king Alfred came to the throne he complained that, from the Humber to the Thames, there...priest who understood the Liturgy in his mother tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the sea, the ecclesiastics... | |
 | Thomas Tayler - 1856 - Liczba stron: 592
...the sense of them, at least literally ?" Vide Regino Pnnniensis ap. Bruck. His. Philos. v. 3. 631. Alfred the Great complained that from the Humber to...Priest who understood the liturgy in his mother tongue ; or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin: and that from the Thames to the sea. the Ecclesiastics... | |
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