Calendar: 1865-1866 Page 491

THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 493 VII -CBctltiiaittial $t£itorj Give the dates of St Patrick's mission and death the mission and the death of St Augustine of Canterbury the accession and the death of King Alfred the birth and the death of Bede Translate Habere autem solet ipsa insula rectorem semper abbatem pres- byterum cujus juri et omnia provincia et ipsi etiam episcopi ordine inusitato debeant esse subjecti juxta exemplum primi doctoris illius qui non episcopus sed presbyter extitit et mona- chus -Beda iii Of what is Bede here speaking Show that the inferences which have been drawn from the passage by writers opposed to episcopacy are groundless Give an account of the peculiarities of the early Irish church as to government and show how the Irish system seems to explain this passage Translate At tunc veniente ad eos reverentissimo et sanctissimo patre et sacerdote Ecgberti de natione Anglorum qui in Hibernia diutius exulaverat pro Christo correcti sunt per eum et ad verum canonicumque pasclue diem translati quern tamen et antea non semper in bora quartadecima cum Judaeis ut quidam rebantur sed in die quidem Dominica alia tamen quam decebat hebdomadalia celebrabant Sciebant enim ut Christian resurrectionem Domi- nicam quae prima sabbati facta est prima sabbati semper esse celebrandam sed ut barbari et rustici quando eadem prima sabbati quae nunc Dominica dies cognominatur veniret miniine didicerant -Beda Who are meant by eos" in the first line of this passage State distinctly the difference between the quartadecima rule as to Easter and that of the ancient British churches How did the difference between the British and the Roman calculations originate What other subjects of difference between the British and Roman parties does Bede mention Where were those questions finally discussed and witn what result