Relation Between Church and People

Categories: Ireland

Above: Brehon Laws Document
The relations between Church and people were minutely set out in the Brehon Laws. " The social connection which exists between the Church and its tenants of ecclesiastical land," says the Seanchus Mor,1 is preaching and offering, while requiem for souls is due from the Church to the tenants of ecclesiastical lands,  [...]

[caption id="attachment_1391" align="alignnone" width="285" caption="Brehon Laws"][/caption] Above: Brehon Laws Document The relations between Church and people were minutely set out in the Brehon Laws. " The social connection which exists between the Church and its tenants of ecclesiastical land," says the Seanchus Mor,1 is preaching and offering, while requiem for souls is due from the Church to the tenants of ecclesiastical lands,  and the receiving of every son forinstruction, and   of   every   tenant, manach,  to  right repentance. Tithes and first fruits and alms are ... Read More