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... Pope Gregory I. , in the year 597 , had not sent missionaries to bring them to the faith of Christ . Church . Gregory was Pope or Bishop of Rome from 590 to 604 . In his time the popes of Rome had not yet risen to the position of ...
... Pope Gregory I. , in the year 597 , had not sent missionaries to bring them to the faith of Christ . Church . Gregory was Pope or Bishop of Rome from 590 to 604 . In his time the popes of Rome had not yet risen to the position of ...
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Ella S. Armitage. Pope Gre- gory's mis- sion to England . There is a pretty story told that Gregory was first stirred up to the thought of converting England long before he be- came pope , by seeing some fair - haired English boys on ...
Ella S. Armitage. Pope Gre- gory's mis- sion to England . There is a pretty story told that Gregory was first stirred up to the thought of converting England long before he be- came pope , by seeing some fair - haired English boys on ...
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... Pope Gregory with thankfulness as their ' foster - father in Christ , ' the Northern Englishman should look reverently on the ruins which mark the site of Columba's monastery of Iona , and should remember gratefully that the faith of ...
... Pope Gregory with thankfulness as their ' foster - father in Christ , ' the Northern Englishman should look reverently on the ruins which mark the site of Columba's monastery of Iona , and should remember gratefully that the faith of ...
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... Pope sent , as Archbishop to Canterbury , a Greek named Theodore , who did a very important work in consolidating the English Church . He was the Archbishop first Archbishop of Canterbury to whose authority Theodore . the whole English ...
... Pope sent , as Archbishop to Canterbury , a Greek named Theodore , who did a very important work in consolidating the English Church . He was the Archbishop first Archbishop of Canterbury to whose authority Theodore . the whole English ...
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... pope . Such a hard external form , such a rigid organisation , was needed in order that the Church might resist the pressure of the heathenism and barbarism which were surging around her . Similarly , if we wish to understand the sway ...
... pope . Such a hard external form , such a rigid organisation , was needed in order that the Church might resist the pressure of the heathenism and barbarism which were surging around her . Similarly , if we wish to understand the sway ...
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