An essay on the origin and purity of the primitive Church of the British Isles, and its independence upon the Church of Rome

elder, p. 68;-3. nor by St. James the less, p. 69;—4. nor

by Simon Zelotes;-5. nor by St. Peter;-nor by Joseph

of Arimathea, p. 69;-6. nor by St. Paul, or Aristobulus,

p. 69. Ancient Authorities in support of St. Paul's visit

to Britain, examined, p. 71, c

Clemens Romanus, p. 71;-

Irenæus, p. 73;-Tertullian, p. 73;-Eusebius, p. 73;—

Jerome, p. 73, 74;-Theodoret, p. 74;-Venantius Fortu-

natus, p. 75 ;—Athanasius, p. 75;-Ludovicus Capellus, p.

76. Authorities against St. Paul's visit, Jerome, p. 78;-

Pope Gelasius, p. 79-84;-Thomas Aquinas, P., 80.-

Scriptural objections, p. 82-84. St. Peter's visit to Spain,

probable, p. 84, 85. Baronius's hypothesis of St. Paul's

travels for nine years, refuted, p. 87-96.

mate & ban bandar al mom

SECTION II. INTRODUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRIS-

TIANITY IN BRITAIN, p. 97. British documents referred

to, p.

97.-1. Gildas explained, p. 97-108;-2., British

"Triad, p. 102;-3. Ricardus Corineusis, p. 102. Conver-

sion of Bran, the father of Caractacus, at Rome, p. 104;-

first preached the Gospel in Britain, p. 105. Conversion

of Pomponia Gracina, p. 105, 106. Lles, or Lucius, esta-

blished Christianity in Britain, p. 107;-styled Vicar of

Christ in his own dominions, by Pope Elutherius, p. 108.

British Church fostered by the Roman Emperors, Con-

stantine, &c. p. 109;-harrassed by the Picts and Scots,

p. 211. Dynasty of British Princes, p. 112. Purity of

the Religion and Discipline of the Primitive British Church,

p. 114, 115.

SECTION III. INTRODUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRIS- :

tianity in Ireland, p. 116. Intended invasion of Ireland

by the Romans, p. 116-118;-cause of its failure, p. 119.

Account of Tacitus confirmed by the Irish Annals, p.

119. The knowledge of Christianity when introduced into

Ireland, and by whom, p. 121, 122. Early and close con-

nection between the British and Irish Churches, p. 123.

er The Heresy propagated by Pelagius and Celestius, p. 123

-127;-opposed by Sedulius, p. 127–131 ;-repressed

in the British Isles, p. 131, 132.-Missions of Germanus
and Lupus to Britain, and of Palladius and Patrick to
Ireland, falsely imputed by the monkish writers to Pope
Celestine, p. 132-136. St. Patrick's existence and mis-

sion vindicated, p. 136-137;-his Confession or Epistle

to the Irish, p. 137, 138. Fiech's Irish Poem, or Panegy-

ric on St. Patrick, p. 139;-St. Patrick's History, given

by himself and by Fiech, p. 140, &c. Tuatha Erin, the

meaning of, p. 151. Druidth, meaning of, p. 153. The

Diviners and Druids, Sabian idolaters, p. 156. Grand

festivals, of Bual and Sanhim, the Sun and Moon, p. 157

-174;-proofs of this idolatry from the names of places,

· p. 157. · Druidical Temples, p. 158, 159. Worship of

Images, when introduced in Ireland, p. 159, 160. Round

Towers of Ireland, whence derived? and their use? p. 161

-164. Miracles falsely ascribed to St. Patrick, p. 166,

167; the miraculous day of a year's continuance after his

death, explained, p. 169, 170, &c. Progress of St. Patrick,

p. 170, &c. The four principal Druidical festivals, p. 170

-174. St. Patrick's supposed expulsion of serpents, &c..

from Ireland, unfounded, p. 176;-held a Syned at Cashel,

A.D. 450, p. 178;-regulations there, p. 179;-his faith in

the Holy Trinity, p. 183;-his unaffected piety and chari-

ty, p. 185;-his intimate knowledge of Scripture, p. 188;—

Fiech's account of his decease, p. 189;-his disbelief of

Purgatory, 191-193. St. Bridget, p. 194. St. Columba, p.

195; his evangelical religion afterwards corrupted by the

disastrous connexion of the Irish Church with the Church

of Rome, p. 197. Ireland formerly a great school of litera-

193-200.

ture, p.

SECTION IV. OPPOSITION OF THE IRISH AND BRITISH TO

THE USURPED SUPREMACY OF THE CHURCH OF ROME, p.

201. When the Papal jurisdiction was introduced into

the British Isles, p. 201;-first opposition to the Claim of

Supremacy, by the Irish, p. 201;-Sedulius's interpreta-

tion of our Lord's grant to Peter, Matt. xvi. 18, 19. pp. 201

203;-exposition of Claudius, p. 203-206;-of Gildas

Badonicus, p. 207-209;-Gildas probably an Irishman,
pp. 207-208, note. Opposition of the Irish Bishops to
Pope Gregory the Great, p. 209, Opposition of the Bri-
tish Bishops and Abbots to his emissary Austin the Abbot,
p. 211;—massacre of twelve hundred Bangorian Monks,
by his means, p. 213. Further opposition of the Irish Bi-
shops and Abbots, to the Pupal authority, p. 214;-the
spirited admonition of Columhanus to Pope Boniface IV.
pp. 215-218. Further opposition of the British Church
to the Papal authority, p. 219. Welsh poems of Taliessin,
against the Pope, p. 220. Conversion of the Saxons, prin.

icipally owing to the Irish Missionaries, Aidan, Finan, &c.

p. 221. II. Opposition of the Saxon Kings to the Papal

claims, p. 223. Union of the Church and State, strenuously

supported by the laws of Ina, p. 224;-first introduction

of Papal encroachment, in his and Offa's reigns, pp. 224,

225. Laws of Ethelbert, p. 225;-of Alfred the Great, p.

225;-of Edmund, p. 226;—of Edgar, p. 226;—of Ethel-

red, p. 226;-of Canute, p. 226;-of Edward the Confes-

sor, p. 227. III. First introduction of Papal jurisdiction

in England, p. 228;-the views of William the Conqueror

therein, 228. King Edward the Confessor's vision, note, p.

229. Description of the duty of a King in the English Laws

of that period, p. 230. William adopts the Canon Law in

preference to the Saxon, p. 231. William Rufus prohibited

Appeals to Rome, p. 232. Encroachments of the Pope,

during the reigns of Henry I. and Stephen, p. 232. Parlia-

ment of Henry III. complain of the Exactions of the Legate,

and of the Papal impositions, pp. 232, 233. Wise regula-

tions of Edward I. to counteract the Papal usurpations, p.

233;-and of his grandson, Edward III. pp. 234—236 ;—

followed up by Richard II. in whose reign the statutes of

Provisors and Pramunire were enacted by Parliament, p.

237;-and confirmed in Henry IV.'s reign, p. 239. Oppo-

sition of Chichesley Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Papal

jurisdiction, pp. 239, 240. Spirited letter of Henry VI. to

the Pope, p. 240, 241. Henry VIII.'s proceedings towards

the abolishing the ecclesiastical supremacy of the Church

of Rome in England, pp. 241-248;-Cranmer's protest

against the persecuting clause, in his oath of consecration to

the Pope; and against any temporal allegiance to him,

note, pp. 245-247. Suppression of the monasteries by

Henry VIII. pp. 248, 249;--enaction of the bloody statute

of the six Popish articles, p. 249 ;-Reformation promoted

by Edward VI. p. 250;-established by Queen Elizabeth,

p. 250;—Archbishop Whitgift's bold remonstrance to her

against the further alienation of the Church lands, nose,

pp. 251--254;-Hooker's complaint of the lay impropri-

ations, p. 254;-Bishop Jewel's sermon, before the Queen,

against these abuses, p. 254. James I.'s objection to Po-

pery, p. 256;-sagacious description of its genuine spirit

and effects by his Parliament, p. 256. Papal Bulls of

excommunication against Henry VIII. p. 257;-against

Elizabeth, p. 257, 258;-against James I. p. 258, 259.

Bishop Bramhall's letter, stating the serving of Romish

ecclesiastics in the Parliament army against Churles I. p.

259-262. IV. In Ireland, the first opposition to the

primacy of Armagh, p. 263;—the Dublin Clergy prefer-

red the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury,

p. 265 ;—Papal jurisdiction, when introduced into Ireland,

and by whom, pp. 265--267. Ingratitude of the See of

Rome to the Irish Church and Nation, in the Bulls of

Adrian IV. and Alexander III. sanctioning the subjuga

tion of Ireland, p. 267. Early nomination to the See of
Dublin by the Crown, p. 268. Wretched state of Ire-
land in the reign of Henry III. in consequence of her
subjugation to Rome and England, p. 268;-exactions of
the King and Pope, p. 269. Opposition to the Reforma
tion in Ireland, pp. 270-272. Archbishop of Mente's

letter to O'Nial, stirring him up to rebellion, p. 272.

causes of the failure of Reformation in Ireland, pp. 273—

276. Usher's remarkable prediction of the Irish rebellion

of 1641. V. Opposition of the Roman Pontiff's to every

demonstration of allegiance on the part of the English and

Irish Roman Catholics, p. 277 -1. In the reign of James

I. by Pope Paul V. p. 278: 2. On the Restoration of

Charles II. in the Irish Recognition of 1666, p. 279: 3.

On the bill for registering Popish Priests in Ireland, in 1775
and 1776, p. 209: 4. On the Oath of Allegiance pro-
posed for the Irish Roman Catholics in general, in 1768, by

... the Nuncio Ghilini, pp. 280–284;-insufficiency of Pope

Pius VI.'s apology, pp. 285-287;-how far Faith is to

be kept with Heretics, p. 288;-where it is considered as

null and void, p. 288;-proved, from the practice of the

Popes, p. 288, 289: 5. On the Irish Act of Allegiance in

1774, p. 289;-Cardinal Castelli's letter of censure of it,

p. 290: 6. On the Act for Relief of the English Roman

Catholics, in 1778;-declaration of the English Catholic

Dissenters, p. 291;-opposition of the three Vicars Aposto-

lic thereto, p. 292;-case on the obnoxious clause respect-

ing the Pope's ecclesiastical or spiritual authority submit-

ted to the foreign Universities of Louvain, &c. and to