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<dl><dd>CONTENTS.</dd></dl><p>THE OBJECT OF THIS WORK  1 
CHRISTIANITY IN IRELAND BEFORE A.D. 432 2 
Asserted by St. Patrick  ib. 
Admitted fry all historians  ib. 
Proved by the Pope's commission to Palladins 3 
By Letters of Celestins   ib. 
Testimony of St. Chrysostom and Tertullian ib. 
Domestic authorities referred to 4 
PATRICK HAD NO CONNEXION WITH ROME 5 
Difficulties at all times respecting St. Patrick  7 
The name " Patricias" the great cause of error  11 
Some proofs of his existence   14 
Not commissioned by Rome, demonstrable according to the rules of evidence at law   16 
Proved by the silence of his own writings  17 
Proved by their internal evidence  18 
Mistake in this respect of Dr. Lanigan 
Error and misrepresentation of the epistle to Coroticus, by Dr. Rock 24 
Two churches in Ireland in Patrick's time 25 
He claims the Gallican as his own  ib. 
Purity of St. Patrick's hymn 28 
Proved by the science of Bede 29 
The Irish not followers of St. Patrick's rule of Easter  31 
Proved by the silence of Cummianus junior 33 
Of Columbanus, Prosper, &amp;c. 34 
Conclusion from these reasonings  36 
Evidence to the contrary, mere hearsay, uncertain, and contradictory  38 
The most accredited popular account of Patrick 39 
An occasion of contradictions among moderns 40 
Dr. Phelan's summary conclusion  41 
Corruption of authorities adduced to establish this Roman connexion  43
St. Patrick s use of the Latin tongue relied on 44 
And accounted for  ib. 
Evangelical use of the Irish tongue 47 
IRELAND DID NOT RECEIVE THE GOSPEL THROUGH ANY OTHER EMISSARY FROM ROME 48 
Conversion of King Lucius of Britain  ib. 
Doubtful and inapplicable to the Irish Church 49 
Palladius said to have been sent over as a bishop to the believing Irish Church  51 
False reading of " credentes, ted non recti " 52 
Erroneously applied to Pelagianism in Ireland by O'Conor and Moore  52 
Palladius sent, either as the first bishop to Ireland 54 
Or as primate over an existing Church 56 
Story of the four pre-existing bishops, a fabrication   ib.
Rejected by Dr. Lanigan, Moore, &amp;c, and refuted   57 
St. Columbanus assumed to have asserted the Roman origin of the Irish Church 61 
His words otherwise accounted for  62 
The Irish Church peculiar in its head, litany, &amp;c. 63 
THE IRISH CHURCH IS OF EASTERN ORIGIN 64 
Evidence of Bede  ib. 
Detail of the synod of Whitby  ib.
It testifies to this Eastern origin  70 
History of the Paschal controversy 71 
Irish Church not represented at council of Nice, a.d. 325  75 
Did not follow St. Patrick in its cycle 76 
Corrects its rules of Paschal observance, &amp;c. 77 
Proved by St. Austin's offers of compromise 78 
Also by the Liturgy of the Scots  79 
By the ancient character of Irish episcopacy 81 
By the system of Monachism  83 
Monks of Iona, &amp;c.  84 
Their rule Egyptian, their choice of islands, &amp;c.  86 
Proved by Greek characters in the Book of Armagh   ib. 
Proved by peculiar version of the New Testament in it 89 
And of the Old Testament in ancient quotations  90 
Practical view of the primitive Irish Church 91 
Further testimonies of the existence of St. Patrick  95 
ST. PATRICK WAS A MEMBER OF THE GALLICAN AND OF THE EASTERN CHURCH 97 
His education and connexions Gallican  ib. 
Introduction by him of Oriental Liturgy, &amp;c. into. Ireland  100 
His churches Oriental  101 
Oriental Episcopacy established by him  ib. 
The silence respecting him in the synod of Whitby accounted for  102 
Proved by the Eastern character of his Book of Armagh  103 
Patrick the spiritual father of St. Columba's Oriental Church 104 
Evidence of the Book of Kells 106 
Cause of the failure of Palladius  107 
INDEPENDENCE OF THE IRISH CHURCH, AND ITS REJECTION OF THE SUPREMACY OF ROME 108 
Three eras in this view of the Irish Church 110 
Perfectly independent until after a.d. 600 111  
Proved by a canon of the Council of Constantinople, a.d. 381   113 
Proved by the ancient titles, &amp;c. of St. Patrick 114 
The reception of Palladius by the Irish 115 
The conduct of the Irish Bishops on the question of the Three Chapters, ab. 553 116 
The position of St, Columba in the Irish Church   117 
The arguments, &amp;c. at the synod of Whitby ib. 
Arguments against it from ancient canons refuted 118 
The Church of the Britons independent temp. Greg. I. ib. 
Rejects St. Austin's mission and innovations 124 
Agreement with it of the Irish Church 126 
Supremacy not any where assumed by Borne, until after a.d. 600  127 
Convictions of Ecclesiastical writers respecting Irish independence 128 
Independence manifested in Columbanus's letters to Gregory I.  130 
And to Boniface IV.  131 
Proved by the epistle of Pope Honorius to the Irish clergy  135 
Also by the letter of Cummianus, jun, to Segienus 136 
Encroachments of Rome after a.d. 600 137 
Degeneracy of the Irish Church in the seventh century  138 
Evidenced by the ancient catalogue of saints ib. 
Mediaeval instances of encroachment, &amp;c. 141
Independence proved by the abuse of the Irish Church by some Romanists  143 
Proved also by the occasional deference to it of others 145 
Proved by the visit of Malachy to Borne, and the following synods 146 
Origin and details of his journey  ib. 
Great Discrepancy at the time between the Irish and papal Churches  147 
Council at Holmpatrick, a.d. 1148, and second journey of Malachy 151 
Synod of Kells, a.d. 1152  152 
Synod of Cashel,A.D. 1172  153 
Its vast importance, consisting in the establishing of dependence on Borne 154
Subsequent marks of lingering independence ib. 
Even to the present day  156 
THE DOCTRINES OF THE ANCIENT IRISH AT VARIANCE WITH THOSE OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT  ib. 
Confined to a few instances at the present Encyclical letter of Gregory XVI. respecting the Holy Scriptures  157 
Opposed to the opinions of Patrick, Columba, Columbanus, Finian, &amp;c.  158
And to the practice of the ancient Irish 159 
Also to those of Pope Gregory I. ib. 
Justification by faith alone denounced by the Council of Trent  160 
Maintained by St. Patrick and St. Paul 161 
And the celebrated Irish divine, Sedulius 163 
Celibacy of the clergy not holden by the father and grandfather of St. Patrick  164 
The great grandfather of Gregory I. a Pope ib. 
Celibacy not practised by the primates of Ireland ib. 
CONCLUSION. — The false pretensions of Rome compared to the deception of the Gibeonites 165 
APPENDIX I. — Address of 178 Irish teachers of schools, declaring " Romanism a novelty " 167 
APPENDIX II Errors respecting the Culdees 168 
Various notions of them  169 
What they probably were  170 
APPENDIX III — Opuscula or works of St. Patrick ib. 
High authority of his "Confession," from external evidence  171 
From internal evidence  172 
St. Patrick's Hymn  173 
Inferior authenticity of the Epistle to Coroticus, and the canons  ib. 
APPENDIX IV. — Account of ancient Irish copies of 
the New Testament, &amp;c. in Latin  176 
Their version peculiar to Ireland 179 
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<dl><dd>Christianity in Ireland before A.D. 432. Patrick had no connexion with Rome. Ireland did not receive the gospel through any other emissary from Rome. The Irish Church is of eastern origin. St. Patrick was a member of the Gallican and of the Eastern Church. Independence of the Irish Church, and its rejection of the supermacy of Rome. The doctrines of the ancient Irish at variance with those of the Council of Trent</dd>
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Mason, Henry Joseph Monck, 1778-1858</div>
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