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abbess abbots Acca accordance Aethilred Agatho Aldfrith Apostolic apostolicae sedis Archbishop archiepiscopo atque autem Bede Benedict Biscop Berhtfrith Berhtwald Bernicia Bishop Wilfrid blessed Brittanniae Chad CHAPTER Christ Church coenobium consecrated Dalfinus death decrees Deinde Deo amabilis Deum dicens dixit Ebroin ecclesiae Ecgfrith Eddius Eddius Stephanus Eddius's eius enim eorum episcopus erat gratias H. M. Chadwick haec Hexham holy bishop honour huius humiliter ibique insert itaque iudicia King Lord Mabillon manus Mercians monastery multa Northumbria omit F omnes omni omnia omnibus Oswiu peace Perctarit pontificis Pope priest quae quam Quartodecimans quia quibus quod quoque rege regem regina regis Ripon Rolls Series Rome saints sanctus pontifex noster sanctus Wilfrithus secundum sede sedem sibi sicut sine St Peter St Wilfrid statim suae suam sunt Surt suum Symeon of Durham synod tamen Theodore Tunc usque vero vestrae vitae Wilfritho episcopo Wulfhere
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Page 23 - ... for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 5 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Page 73 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him : for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
Page 13 - And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
Page vi - I have attempted to fulfil and for constant advice throughout, and secondly, to my colleague Dr Edward Pace, Reader in Divinity in the University of Durham, for carefully revising my translation, for reading through the proofs and for continual encouragement and suggestions. Whatever value this little book may have, will be largely due to their help, so generously given. Lastly, may I thank the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press for undertaking the publication of this work and for all the...
Page 73 - Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us ; and let us run with patience the race which is set before us...
Page 73 - When they went from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people, 21 He permitted no man to do them wrong; yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes, 22 Saying,"Do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.
Page 36 - Wilfrithus episcopus ante altare conversus ad popuhim, coram regibus enumerans regiones, quas ante reges pro animabus suis et tunc in illa die cum consensu et subscriptione episcoporum et omnium principum2 illi dederunt, lucide enuntiavit necnon et ea loca sancta in diversis regionibus quae clerus Bryttannus, aciem gladii hostilis manu gentis nostrae fugiens, deseruit. Erat quippe Deo placabile donum, quod religiosi reges tam multas terras Deo ad serviendum pontifici nostro conscripserunt, et haec...
Page 45 - God,1 placing in him his hope and rendering to the Lord who had given him all things, his dearest vows. For in Hexham, having obtained' an estate from the queen, St.
Page 126 - Et hanc sententiam plene postmodum mutavit, et vere poenituit eum5. CHAPTER LIX Deinde namque nuntii tristem nuntium portantes recesserunt ab eo, vultum eius ultra non videntes, veneruntque ad dominum8 suum. Nam ultio divina nihil morata, sed secundum prophetiam praesulis apostolicae sedis vinculis alligatum infirmitatis districte regem compressit. Qui statim, ut erat sapientissimus, agnoscens, ab apostolica potestate perculsum se esse, poenitentia ductus, confessus est peccatum suum, in...