The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran

unto you by men, let it be likewise that y

disciples and the whole Church concerning the covenant1 of charity; that men should do of good and of charity to their neighbour as much as they would do unto themselves. To that end saith Jesus, Omnia quaecumque uultis. N

67] Finis enim precepti caritas est, quia caritas propria et specialis uirtus est Christianorum. Nam caeterae uirtutes bonis et malis possunt esse communes; caritatem autem habere nisi perfecti non possunt. Vnde Iesus ait, "In hoc cognoscent omnes quod discipuli Mei estis, si dilexeritis inuicem." "For the roof and summit of divine doctrine is charity, because charity is the especial virtue of the Christians. For the other

ble glorious apostle, the father confessor, the spark-flashing, the man through whom the west of the world shone with signs and wonders, with virtues and with good deeds, Sanctus Ciaranus sacerdos et apostolus Dei, the archpresbyter and apostle Saint Ciaran

oble one is the fifth of the ides of September according to the day of

nd of his mode of life,4 and of the perfection which he gave to his victorious course in the earth. A man held greatly in honour of the Lord was this man. A m

apostolum mundo

the light of wisdom and do

insulae lucens

effectiveness of rule, and wisdom, and doctrine, for all

regmina adc

omnia sanctoru

elders of these monasteries; thus, these are the rules and customs that have been distributed and received of all the mo

the order of[page 69] chief prophets i

uissimus fuerit

which is something yet nobler.7 First Patrick son of Calpurn prophesied of him in Cruachan Aigli, after the tree had closed around his relics in the place where that settlement is n

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