2007-01-08 07:32:04 · 8 answers · asked by Archer 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It started in the early 5th century.
In 430 Bishop Palladius was sent by Pope Celestine from Britain to Ireland so there must have been then a considerable number of Christians at that time. But Palladius returned to Britain soon after.
Then in 432, the Pope sent Saint Patrick and the rest is history.
With love in Christ.
2007-01-08 16:16:31 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland, but not a strict sense of Catholicism. The Irish had female bishops and all sorts of things in the middle ages.
In 1170, Henry II of England invaded Ireland, with Pope Adrian IV's permission, to convert the population to true Catholicism.
Why did I get a thumd down for a perfectly true answer? How do you guys think England ended up in Northern Ireland to begin with?
Ever heard of Saint Brigid? She was a bishop in the Irish church, and Rome disregarded her. Geez people, read a history book before you start answering stuff you don't understand.
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2007-01-08 07:37:56 · answer #2 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Saint Patrick is the missionary that brought Catholicism to Ireland. The available evidence does not allow the dates of Patrick's life to be fixed with certainty, but it appears that he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the second half of the fifth century.
2007-01-08 07:35:52 · answer #3 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But remember, the Catholic Church was already very powerful at that time - the early "conversions" were often forced by political means. Don't let anyone sugar coat history for you It was NOT a tidy little story about snakes being driven from the island.
2007-01-08 07:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by Lea 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Around 400AD or so I believe. It was when Saint Patrick came to Ireland and converted the people to Christianity.
2007-01-08 07:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by Jennifer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm, dont know, but i do know that there is historical evidence to conclude that some of the saints in jesus' generation moved to England and some to France,
Historian Glenn Kimbal and others teach that Jeremiah visited the island of Great britain.
but just because ireland is catholic, or not, doesnt prove that the catholic church is the predominate truth of the universal Gospel of christ.
2007-01-08 07:41:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the dark ages around the fifth or sixth century AD.
2007-01-08 07:34:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Shakira danced for them
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2007-01-08 07:35:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋