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A Primer of the History of the Catholic Church in Ireland to the Formation of the Modern Irish Branch of the Church of Rome (by R. King).
A Primer of the History of the Catholic Church in Ireland to the Formation of the Modern Irish Branch of the Church of Rome - by R. King Author:Robert King General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1843 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: § ll. THE SAXONS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY FIRST ESTABLISHMENT OP A BRANCH OF THE ROMAN CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN, A. D. 596. Thus successful had the Saxons been in destroying the Christian faith in the greater part of England, and no doubt many of the British Christians at this time suffered for their profession of the Gospel. As an instance, we read that Cerdicus, first king of the "West Saxons, (Devonshire, Hampshire,« less