Category: St Patrick’s Day
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Reclaiming St Patrick’s Day
Did you know that, in his lifetime, Patrick of Ireland was never associated with the Roman Catholic Church? In fact, if one examines Patrick’s beliefs and practices, along with his British Christian heritage, we find that if he were alive today Patrick, that pioneer missionary, would actually fall quite naturally within Evangelicalism. Check out these resources about…
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St. Patrick’s Breastplate
This famous prayer, one of the earliest known European vernacular poems, has been attributed to Patrick – though some scholars say a few of the words indicate a later period. But there is no question that they ooze the spirit and substance we see in Patrick’s Confession. And they reverberate with the power of Christianity that Patrick gave to his adopted…
