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Excerpt from Leading Events in the History of the Church, Vol. 2: The Early Middle Ages
Saxons, and Scandinavians, who were heathens, firelgffieiéhfrr all the Teutonic invaders were Arians. It had so schismaticf» happened that the earliest advancing Teutonic tribes settled for a time in the land north of the Danube. This was early in the fourth century, when Arianism was at its height. Ulfilas, Arian patriarch of Constantinople, undertook to convert these Gothic people. He invented the Gothic alphabet, and translated the Bible for their use. All these bold warriors were therefore converted, not to Catholic Christianity, but to Arian Chris tianity, and wherever they conquered and settled they took their belief with them.
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Saxons, and Scandinavians, who were heathens, firelgffieiéhfrr all the Teutonic invaders were Arians. It had so schismaticf» happened that the earliest advancing Teutonic tribes settled for a time in the land north of the Danube. This was early in the fourth century, when Arianism was at its height. Ulfilas, Arian patriarch of Constantinople, undertook to convert these Gothic people. He invented the Gothic alphabet, and translated the Bible for their use. All these bold warriors were therefore converted, not to Catholic Christianity, but to Arian Chris tianity, and wherever they conquered and settled they took their belief with them.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Sisters of Notre Dame
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ISBN - 9780260644336
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Page Count - 137
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Sisters of Notre Dame
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