...before the conversion of the Irish to Christianity, were in the island of Erin, adding the reason, " for the law of nature had prevailed where the written law did not reach." This account of the matter is in strict accordance with what St. Paul says, "For when the Gentiles,...

...through the mouths of the just men who were formerly in the island of Erin, as he had prophesied through the mouths of the chief prophets and noble fathers...the law of nature had* prevailed where the written lav/ did not reach. li Now the judgments of true nature which the Holy Ghost had spoken through the...

...Spirit that spoke through the mouths of the just men, who were formerly in the island of Erin. . . .for the law of nature had prevailed where the written law did not reach. . . . " What did not clash with the Word of God in the Written Law, and in the New Testament, and with...

...abrogate anything that is in the Senchus Mor."* It contains also the subjoined very remarkable passage: "Now the judgments of true nature, which the Holy...Ghost had spoken through the mouths of the Brehons and past poets of the men of Erin, from the first * Scnclms Mor, p. 19. occupation of this island, down...

...abrogate anything that is in the Senchus Mor."* It contains also the subjoined very remarkable passage: "Now the judgments of true nature, which the Holy...Ghost had spoken through the mouths of the Brehons and past poets of the men of Erin, from the first • Scnclins Mor, p. 19. occupation of this island, down...

...through the mouths of the just men who were fonnerly in the island of Erinn, as he had prophesied through the mouths of the chief prophets and noble fathers...prevailed where the written law did not reach. " Now the judgements of true nature which the Holy Ghost had spoken through the mouths of the Breh ons and just...

...unsuited to the tribal system. But he reformed the Brehon Code, and retained " all the judgments of a true nature, which the Holy Ghost had spoken through the mouths of the Brehons, and the just Poets of the men of Erin," thus winning over to his side that influential Order, who might...

...before the adoption of Christianity were in the island of Erin, and in support of the statement adds "for the law of nature had prevailed where the written law did not reach". The written law (recht litre) is the Christian law found in the Holy Scriptures, and the Canon law,...

...before the adoption of Christianity were in the island of Erin, and in support of the statement adds "for the law of nature had prevailed where the written law did not reach". The written law (recht litre) is the Christian law found in the Holy Scriptures, and the Canon law,...

...nature, in the jurisprudence of the island of Ireland and in her filid ' ' (III 30). ' ' The rules of true nature which the Holy Ghost had spoken through the mouths of the jurists (Irrithemon) and the just^Hui of the men of Ireland " (I 16). Eosatdaib, "rules of law" : these,...