 | John Lingard - Anglo-Saxons - 1810 - 570 pages
...temptation: and to remove even the suspicion of evil, they were strictly forbidden to enter the enclosure of the women, except on particular occasions, with...bound to regulate his conduct by her instructions (34). To St Columban this institute was indebted for its propagation in France; and from the houses... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - Europe - 1834 - 382 pages
...temptation: and to remove even the suspicion of evil, they were strictly forbidden to enter the enclosure of the women, except on particular occasions, with...the superior, and in the presence of witnesses. But ll,e abbess retained the supreme control over the monks as wel! as the nuns : their prior depended... | |
 | Hannah Lawrance - Women - 1843 - 404 pages
...duty it was to officiate at the altar and perform outdoor offices. The abbess had the supreme command, their prior depended on her choice, and was bound to regulate his conduct by her instructions." t * " Merrie sungen the muneches binnen Ely Tha Cnut cing reuther by : Roweth cnights noer the land... | |
 | John Lingard - Christian antiquities - 1851 - 338 pages
...they were strictly forbidden to enter the enclosure of the women, except on particular occa.. sbus, with the permission of the superior, and in the presence...of witnesses. But the abbess retained the supreme control over the monks, as well as the nuns: their prior depended on bet choice, and was bound to regulate... | |
 | Nuns, Lewis Hippolytus Joseph Tonna - Convents - 1852 - 392 pages
...temptation : and to remove even the suspicion of evil, they were strictly forbidden to enter the enclosure of the women, except on particular occasions, with...bound to regulate his conduct by her instructions." (Anglo Saxon Church. Vol. 1. p. 173.) We have quoted this passage in full, because it is important.... | |
 | Josephine M. Bunkley - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 348 pages
...permission of the Superior, and in the presence of witnesses. But the Abbess retained the supreme control over the monks as well as the nuns : their Prior depended...bound to regulate his conduct by her instructions."— Church, vol. i., p. 173. throne of Tuscany to the imperial throne of Austria, Ricci was left helpless... | |
 | Josephine M. Bunkley - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 340 pages
...permission of the Superior, and in the presence of witnesses. But the Abbess retained the supreme control over the monks as well as the nuns: their Prior depended...choice, and was bound to regulate his conduct by her instructions."—Angln-Saxon Church, vol. i., p. 173. throne of Tuscany to the imperial throne of Austria,... | |
 | Whellan T. and co - 1856 - 698 pages
...temptation; and to remove even the suspicion of evil, they were strictly forbidden to enter the enclosure of the women, except on particular occasions, with...the superior, and in the presence of witnesses."* At page 172 we have seen this venerable and sainted founder of our Abbey, weighed down by a long life... | |
 | Whellan T. and co - 1859 - 992 pages
...temptation; and to remove even the suspicion of evil, they were strictly forbidden to enter the enclosure of the women, except on particular occasions, with...of the superior, and in the presence of witnesses." The original Monastery was, doubtless, a very humble edifice, constructed of wood, covered with reeds... | |
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of the women, except on particular occasions, with the permission of the superior, and in the presence of witnesses. But the abbess retained the supreme controul over the monks, as well as the nuns ; their prior depended on her choice, and was bound to... 