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A Short Series of Lectures on the Parochial and Collegiate Antiquities of Edinburgh. Read to the Holy Gild of | Stothert, James A. (James Augustine), STOTHERT, James Augustine

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A Short Series of Lectures on the Parochial and Collegiate Antiquities of Edinburgh. Read to the Holy Gild of

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Author: Stothert, James A. (James Augustine), STOTHERT, James Augustine

Added by: jillytmd

Added Date: 2016-07-04

Publication Date: 1845

Language: eng

Subjects: Scotland -- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Church history

Publishers: Edinburgh : J. Marshall

Collections: folkscanomy miscellaneous, folkscanomy, additional collections

Pages Count: 171

PPI Count: 600

PDF Count: 1

Total Size: 113.96 MB

PDF Size: 4.65 MB

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Year: 1845

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License: Public Domain Mark 1.0

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CONTENTS. LECTURE I. Introductory Remarks — Our debt to Antiquity, the measure of our obligations to Posterity — General view of that debt — And in our own country and city — Romance and dry Antiquarian spirit disclaimed — Uses to which the study of Ecclesiastical Antiquities may be turned — Castle of Edinburgh — The scene of S. Margaret's decease — Sketch of her life, and happy departure — Reflections ; p. 1. LECTURE II. Survey of the ancient city — Its walls — Arrangement of old Catholic cities favourable to Religion — Numerous churches and Religious houses — S. Giles' church — Narrative of the Saint's life — Benefactors of the church — The changes which befel it ; p. 31. LECTURE III. S. Giles' church continued — Its forty altars, and sacred vessels — Symbolic meaning of Catholic Church Architecture, with reference especially to the Divine Presence in the Blessed Eucharist — An old church a monument of devotion to this adorable mystery ; p. 61. LECTURE IV. Parish church of S. Cuthbert — Its history — Institution of Parishes — Very ancient origin of Tithes — Chapelries of S. Cuthbert's parish — S. Marie's — S. Roque's — Corstorphin — Liberton — Life of S. Cuthbert, and his holy decease — Reflections ; p. 87. LECTURE V. Churchyard of S. Cuthbert — Antiquity of cemeteries in Scotland, and care bestowed on them — Uses to which they may be applied in the religious controversy now pending — Superstition distinguished from Catholic piety — Collegiate church of the Holy Trinity — And of S. Marie in the Fields — Concluding Remarks ; p. 128. Digitized by Google.
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