 Alfred the • great complained, that from the Humber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the liturgy in his mother tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the sea, the ecclesiastics were...  Universal history, ancient and modern - Page 73by William Fordyce Mavor - 1802Full view - About this book
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1804 - 378 pages
...Prumiensis ap. Bruck. Hist. Philos. v. Hi. p. 631. Alfred the Great complained, that from the Humber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the liturgy in his mother-tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 546 pages
...ecclesiastic too. Alfred the Great complained, towards the end of the ninth century, that " from the Humber to the Thames there was not a priest, who understood the liturgy in his mother-tongue, or who could translate tl>e easiest piece of Latin:" and a correspondent of Abelard,... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1809 - 516 pages
...the was not a priest who understood the liturgy in mother-tongue, or who could translate the easij piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the: sea, the ecclesiastics were still more ig Asserus de rebus gestis Alfredi, ap. Camdeni Arfglica, &c. p. 25. The ignorance of the... | |
 | 1811 - 530 pages
...ecclesiastic too. Alfred the Great complained, towards the end of the ninth century, that " from Humber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the liturgy in his mother-tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin;" and a correspondent of Abelard,... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 pages
...Prumiensis ap. Bruck. Hist. Philos. v. iii, p. 631. Alfred the Great complained, that from the Humber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the liturgy in his mother-tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 596 pages
...Prumiensis ap. Bruck. Hist. Philos. v. iii, p. 631. Alfred the Great complained, that from the Humber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the liturgy 'in his mother-tongue, or who could translate the easiest, piece of Latin ; and thai from the Thames to the... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 598 pages
...Prumicnsis ap. Brwk. Hist Philos. v. iii, p. 631. AH'rcd the Great complained, that from the Ilmuber to the Thames there was not a priest who understood the liturgy in his mother-tongue, or who could translate the easiest piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the... | |
 | 1845 - 624 pages
...life. The complaint of Alfred was this : " that there was not a priest, from the Humber to the Thames, who understood the Liturgy in his mother tongue, or...from the Thames to the sea, the ecclesiastics were, if possible, still more ignorant." In an ecclesiastical council, even dignified clergy were found who... | |
 | Walter Wilson - Dissenters, Religious - 1814 - 638 pages
...ignorance which then prevailed, that this excellent prince complained bitterly, that from the Humber to the Thames, there was not a priest who understood the liturgy in his mother tongue ; and that from the Thames to the sea, there was not one who knew how to translate the easiest piece... | |
 | John Brady - 1815 - 428 pages
...his time, there was not one PRIEST from the Humber to the Thames who understood the Liturgy in the mother tongue, or who could translate the easiest...piece of Latin ; and that from the Thames to the Sea they were yet more ignorant. — Even in the Reign of ELIZABETH, some of the CLERGY were so destitute... | |
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