Comments on: St Patrick’s Day: A Protestants’ Musings http://www.mandm.org.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Theology and Jurisprudence Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:03:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caroline Downey http://www.mandm.org.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings.html#comment-151718 Caroline Downey Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:25:19 +0000 http://mandm.churchweb.co.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings/#comment-151718 Thanks for the awesome post Matt! I totally agree - today for me- like every other feast day- is a day to honor and celebrate the men and women who served God. PRAISE the Lord for their example to us. :) Thanks for the awesome post Matt! I totally agree – today for me- like every other feast day- is a day to honor and celebrate the men and women who served God. PRAISE the Lord for their example to us. :)

]]> By: Grady http://www.mandm.org.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings.html#comment-151713 Grady Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:18:14 +0000 http://mandm.churchweb.co.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings/#comment-151713 "Who looks good in bright green?" gingas do! “Who looks good in bright green?” gingas do!

]]> By: Madeleine http://www.mandm.org.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings.html#comment-1176 Madeleine Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:38:00 +0000 http://mandm.churchweb.co.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings/#comment-1176 I agree. Patrick lived pre-reformation so I figure both sides get to claim him. I agree. Patrick lived pre-reformation so I figure both sides get to claim him.

]]> By: Mr Dennis http://www.mandm.org.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings.html#comment-1175 Mr Dennis Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:34:00 +0000 http://mandm.churchweb.co.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings/#comment-1175 As far as I could gather when I last looked into it, it is hard to get accurate info but St Patrick may well have not been Catholic at all. At any rate, the church he established in Ireland had such different beliefs from Rome that Pope Adrian IV eventually instructed King Henry II of England to invade Ireland and take it for the Church - this invasion occurred in 1171.<br/><br/>So don't worry about celebrating St Patrick as a Protestant! As far as I could gather when I last looked into it, it is hard to get accurate info but St Patrick may well have not been Catholic at all. At any rate, the church he established in Ireland had such different beliefs from Rome that Pope Adrian IV eventually instructed King Henry II of England to invade Ireland and take it for the Church – this invasion occurred in 1171.

So don’t worry about celebrating St Patrick as a Protestant!

]]> By: bethyada http://www.mandm.org.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings.html#comment-1162 bethyada Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:12:00 +0000 http://mandm.churchweb.co.nz/2009/03/st-patricks-day-a-protestants-musings/#comment-1162 <a HREF="http://jcfreak73.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-christianity-came-to-ireland.html" REL="nofollow">Another Protestant's musings</a> Another Protestant’s musings

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