The Ancient Irish Church

by John Healy

Publisher:

Religious Tract Society

, 1892

Overview

In his preface to The Ancient Irish Church, John Healy states that “Ireland retained rites and ceremonies and forms of government long after they had ceased to exist in every other country.” He presents this volume as a sketch of church practice drawn from factual histories, rather than from the legends and tales surrounding figures like St. Patrick. Healy covers early Christianity through the Anglo-Norman invasion and touches on St. Patrick and other saints, the ministry of women, points of difference between Ireland and Rome, and more.

Product Details

• Title: The Ancient Irish Church
• Author: John Healy
• Publisher: Religious Tract Society
• Print Publication Date: 1892
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 192
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Ireland › Church history
• Resource ID: LLS:STRSHCHHEALY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-12T23:42:34Z

About John Healy

John Healy (1841–1918) was Archbishop of Tuam from 1903 to 1918. Prior to that, he served as Bishop of Clonfert from 1896 to 1903.

St. Patrick was one of the great missionaries of Europe and lived a truly extraordinary life. He was a Romano-Briton Christian, born in the mid-fourth century during the decline of Roman rule in the Britain. At the age of 16 he was captured by pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland. During his six years in captivity he learned the Irish language and culture. After escaping back to Britain, Patrick entered the Church and was ordained a bishop. With true love for the people of Ireland, Patrick returned to the place of his captivity as a missionary. He preaching the Gospel throughout Ireland for the last 15 years or so of his life and died around 440. By the sixth century, with the conversion of Ireland largely complete, Patrick was recognized as the island’s patron saint. His work had a profound impact on the history of Christianity in Europe, because Irish missionaries to continental Europe during the sixth and seventh centuries were instrumental in the conversion of the Barbarian tribes who had dismembered the Roman Empire.