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... Bishop of Rome should become the head of the Church , and all other bishops should bow to his authority . This was what did come to pass in time , but at the time of which I am now speaking it seemed very uncertain ; for things had ...
... Bishop of Rome should become the head of the Church , and all other bishops should bow to his authority . This was what did come to pass in time , but at the time of which I am now speaking it seemed very uncertain ; for things had ...
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... Bishop of Rome ( 590 ) as soon as he had leisure to give his mind to it , he sent a monk named Augustine , with several others , to preach the word of God to the English nation . At that time the king of Kent , Ethelbert , had a ...
... Bishop of Rome ( 590 ) as soon as he had leisure to give his mind to it , he sent a monk named Augustine , with several others , to preach the word of God to the English nation . At that time the king of Kent , Ethelbert , had a ...
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... bishop Paulinus , whose mind ( says Bede ) was wholly bent on bringing the nation to the knowledge of the truth . He preached without much success for about a year . Then the king of the West - Saxons sent an assassin with a poisoned ...
... bishop Paulinus , whose mind ( says Bede ) was wholly bent on bringing the nation to the knowledge of the truth . He preached without much success for about a year . Then the king of the West - Saxons sent an assassin with a poisoned ...
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... Bishop Paulinus fled with the queen and the royal children to Kent , and Northumbria fell away from the faith of Christ . That faith was brought back again , not from Rome , but from Scotland , by a king named Oswald , who having been ...
... Bishop Paulinus fled with the queen and the royal children to Kent , and Northumbria fell away from the faith of Christ . That faith was brought back again , not from Rome , but from Scotland , by a king named Oswald , who having been ...
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... Bishop , Contest be- it was believed that St. Peter had been the first tween the Bishop of Rome , and that therefore his successor Scots . held the keys of the kingdom of heaven , which were sup- posed to be given in some special way to ...
... Bishop , Contest be- it was believed that St. Peter had been the first tween the Bishop of Rome , and that therefore his successor Scots . held the keys of the kingdom of heaven , which were sup- posed to be given in some special way to ...
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