An edition of St. Columba of Iona
(1920)
St. Columba of Iona
A Study Of His Life, His Times, & His Influence
by Lucy Menzies
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1920
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English
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St. Columba of Iona: A Study Of His Life, His Times, & His Influence
1920, London & Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons, New York, E.P. Dutton & Co.
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Book Details
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Preface v
Introduction xi
CHAP.
I. Youth and Training 1
II. Early Foundations in Ireland: The Miracles 13
III. The Battle of Culdreimhne 21
IV. The Arrival at Iona 37
V. State of Europe, of Scotland, and of Iona when Columba Landed There 49
VI. The Monastic Settlement at Iona 56
VII. The Rule of Columba 72
VIII. The Conversion of the Picts: Columba's Contests with the Druids 81
IX. The Grafting of Christianity on Celtic Heathenism 101
X. Columba as Father of the Family of Iona 117
XI. The Coronation of Aid an and the Synod of Drumceatt 133
XII. Among the Western Isles 146
XIII. The Apostle of Caledonia 162
XIV. Columba's Writings 170
XV. The Last Years 178
XVI. Lindisfarne: The Cradle of English Christianity 196
XVII. Columba's Influence on the Scottish Nation and Church 208
Appendix. Notes on the History of Iona, 860-1905 212
List of Columban Foundations 216
Bibliography 219
Index 225
The Frontispiece is after an Engraving of the Picture Iona : looking West, by John MacWhirter, R.A.
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