Saint Patrick: Apostle of Ireland Edwin O'Connor rather than simply something a

rather than simply something a person does

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certain to become an enduring contribution to a right understanding of both philosophy and theology

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he had to grant freedom to mankind—to endow every man and woman in this universe with the power to do good and avoid evil

Saint Patrick: Apostle of Ireland Edwin O'Connor rather than simply something aBy Hugh de Blcam The mists of time enshroud Saint Patrick of Ireland, obscuring the details of his life and work, blurring the lines between fable and fact. Yet few saints have attracted such lively interest and steadfast devotion down the centuries than the Apostle of the Emerald Isle. Honoring that interest and devotion, Hugh de Blcam brings the man who shepherded the Irish into the fold of the Church to lifenot as mythic hero, but as a man in love