Ancient Irish Church = more eastern / orthodox

[Pilgrim101]

Other than St Patrick’s breastplate, does anyone have a link to some prayers from the time period and geographical region?

 

[Symphorian]

Another breastplate prayer (also known as a Lorica) attributed to St Fursa/St Fursey an Irish monk who died c.650. St Fursa travelled to Britain and later to France where he died.

The arms of God be around my shoulders,
The touch of the Holy Spirit upon my head,
The sign of Christ’s cross upon my forehead,
The sound of the Holy Spirit in my ears,
The fragrance of the Holy Spirit in my nostrils,
The vision of heaven’s company in my eyes,
The conversation of heaven’s company on my lips,
The work of God’s Church in my hands,
The service of God and the neighbour in my feet,
A home for God in my heart,
And to God, the Father of all, my entire being.

 

[RyanBlack]

As for St Ireneaus I have not read anything of him besides his Against Heresies great work, which is not actually an example of spirituality, so I don’t know.

As for Saint Ambrose I have read some of his letters, which deal with parochial matters mostly, so I can’t answer the question. Perhaps someone else would know.

St. Ambrose had an excellent command of Greek. It’s my understanding that he was about as fluent with Greek as with Latin. In his christology and trinitarian theology, he was heavily influenced by the Cappadocian Fathers (there are places in some of his writings that sound almost exactly like the Cappadocians). There may be other examples of Eastern influence in his theological writings.

 

[Celticnovice]

Jharek,

Are you aware of any attempt in Ireland to get back some of the early Christian practices that died out?

I have read some interesting things regarding the praxis of the Irish/British church. One such example I read was about the influence of monasticism was so strong, that it was common for the laity to take solitary retreats in the wilderness…