Was St. Patrick a Baptist?

The Reformed Reader ^ | 1952 | Rev John Summerfield Wimbish

[NYer]

ROFL!! - two days of entertaining threads here at FR. My side aches from the laughter.

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Patrick

Also known as

Apostle of Ireland; Maewyn Succat; Patricius; Patrizio

Memorial

17 March

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Kidnapped from the British mainland around age 16, and shipped to Ireland as a slave. Sent to the mountains as a shepherd, he spent his time in prayer. After six years of this life, he received had a dream in which he was commanded to return to Britain; seeing it as a sign, he escaped. He studied in several monasteries in Europe. Priest. Bishop. Sent by Pope Saint Celestine to evangelize England, then Ireland, during which his chariot driver was Saint Odran, and Saint Jarlath was one of his spiritual students. In 33 years he effectively converted the Ireland. In the Middle Ages Ireland became known as the Land of Saints, and during the Dark Ages its monasteries were the great repositories of learning in Europe, all a consequence of Patrick's ministry.

Born

387-390 at Scotland as Maewyn Succat

Died

461-464 at Saul, County Down, Ireland

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St. Patrick is the patron saint of those who fear snakes. Do you think that might be the link to the Protestants?

[ArrogantBustard]

Was that really necessary?

[redgolum]

Very true, but when the Easter celebration was held was a bone of contention between the Latin West and the Greek East even then. In fact, some of the English viewed the Irish as heretics because they didn't keep Easter in the Western way (Bede's Church History of the English People). Although, it must be said, Rome officially didn't get that worked up about it at that time.

[AnAmericanMother]

I am sorry to note that my former brethren the Anglicans spent a lot of time trying to foster the myth of an independent and separate "Celtic Church" in order to prop up their own legitimacy, since they had been slammed by Rome in Apostolicae Curae and their apostolic succession and holy orders declared invalid.

This dog not only won't hunt, I'm not sure it's still breathing.

[wagglebee]

Wonderfully written!

[AnAmericanMother]

< SNORT >

Those are the splinter Apostolic Holiness True Gospel crowd, not the Baptists.

Your average First Baptist Church-goer would be horrified at the snakes.

(I'll add from the other thread yesterday that the snake of choice for snake-handlers is the diamondback rattler, because of its peaceful disposition.)

[wagglebee]

If St. Patrick was a Baptist, Ireland would be full of Baptists today. There are lot's of Catholics there, a fair number of Anglicans (mostly of English rather than Irish descent) and some Presbyterians. However, there are NO BAPTISTS TO SPEAK OF. This is one of the funniest things I've ever read.

[wagglebee]

ROFLOL!

[ArrogantBustard]

Snakes on a Car?!?!?!?!

[rwfromkansas]

The Catholics don't think the Baptists are Christian.

[AnAmericanMother]

I wish I still had the St. Patrick's Day card I sent to my mother in law . . .

It was captioned, "St. Patrick has second thoughts about driving the snakes out of Ireland." St. Patrick is of course driving a large sedan, and the back seat is full of snakes, all complaining, "Are we there yet?" "I need to pee!" "He's pinching me!" "He's over the line!" "She called me a name" etc. etc. St. Patrick is rolling his eyes.

[AnAmericanMother]

Who told you that Catholics don't think the Baptists are Christian? It's not in the Catechism . . . in fact rather the opposite.

[Dinsdale]

St. Patrick was an engineer.

The reasoning goes like this:

St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

(Here the reasoning splits into two tracks).

1. Snakes are similar to worms. Therefor he engineered the first 'worm drive'. Therefor he was an engineer.

2. To drive all the snakes out of Ireland he must have been very clever. Therefor he was, obviously, an engineer.

Gotta wounder what PC has done to the 'Engineers Week' celebrations. Bet they canceled the 'hop, skip and puke' event.

[CholeraJoe]

I attended in my pre-school years a Free Will Primitive Baptist Church that practiced foot-washing and snake handling. They called the snakes canebreak rattlers. Is that the same?

[Augustinian monk]

"If St. Patrick was a Baptist, Ireland would be full of Baptists today". Thats not always the case. North Africa/Egypt is predominately muslim.

[rwfromkansas]

lol

[wagglebee]

However, history is quite clear on how the Muslims came to control this area. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SUBSTANTIATE A CLAIM THAT IRELAND WAS CONVERTED BY BAPTISTS.

But let's pretend this is true, why then did St. Patrick remove the snakes but never denounce the drinking and dancing?

[wagglebee]

I'm not a snake expert, ask these guys.

[wagglebee]

You should come check out this thread, I can't stop laughing at the stuff they've come up with!

[Tax-chick]

"Canebrake," because the snakes were found in sugarcane fields.