The ancient Irish church

by John Healy

THE

ANCIENT IRISH CHURCH

JOHN HEALY, LL.D.

Rector of Kells

London
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul's Churchyard
and 164, Piccadilly
1892

Butler & Tanner,
The Selwood Printing Works,
Frome, and London.

CONTENTS.

	page
Introduction	7
CHAPTER I.
Early Christianity	11
CHAPTER II.
The Arrival of Saint Patrick	17
CHAPTER III.
Missionary Labours of Saint Patrick	26
CHAPTER IV.
Character of the Ancient Irish Church	38
CHAPTER V.
Saint Columba	52
CHAPTER VI.
Saint Columbanus	70
CHAPTER VII.
Ascetics and Anchorites	82
CHAPTER VIII.
The Ministry of Women	89
CHAPTER IX.
Church Officers Peculiar to Ireland	99
CHAPTER X.
Saint Augustine of Canterbury and the Irish Church	109
CHAPTER XI.
Points of Difference between Ireland and Rome	115
CHAPTER XII.
Conclusion of the Easter Controversy	126
CHAPTER XIII.
The Eighth Century	130
CHAPTER XIV.
The Danish Invasions	141
CHAPTER XV.
Influence of the Danish Invasions on the Church	148
CHAPTER XVI.
Conversion of the Danes	156
CHAPTER XVII.
Rise and Progress of the Romish Party	162
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Synod of Kells	176
CHAPTER XIX.
The Anglo-Norman Invasion	181
CHAPTER XX.
Conclusion	187
(not listed in original) Index