Excerpt from Select Monuments of the Doctrine and Worship of the Catholic Church in England Before the Norman Conquest: Consisting of lfric's Paschal Homily and Extracts From His Epistles, &C., The Offices of the Canonical Hours, and Three Metrical Prayers or Hymns Wulfstan appears to have been a man Of talent, and Of a liberal and enlightened mind. On every occasion he inculcates the necessity Of christian instruction, as the foundation Of true piety and sound morality; that every man might learn the articles Of his belief, and utter the devotions Of his heart, in the language with which he was best acquainted. His English version of the Pater noster and Credo may be read in Wan ley's Catalogue, p. 51. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.