Ever compassionate, Patrick was willing to let him come aboard. The outcast begged the holy man to let him come on the journey. And then support Jonathan and his family by buying it.Īccording to legend, the man we know today as Saint Patrick was embarking on a ship bound for Ireland, when a leper accosted him. This biography looks at what motivated a son of Roman privilege to minister to the very people who had kidnapped and enslaved him in his youth-and examines why the Irish found his vision of the gospel so compellingīelow is an excerpt from the introduction to Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick was, as far as we know, the first Christian missionary ever to take the gospel to barbarians beyond the borders of the Roman Empire. Jonathan Rogers, has been toiling away for the past year (even going so far as to sequester himself alone in a mountain cabin) to deliver his latest book: a biography of the legendary Saint Patrick. Ladies and gentlemen, our esteemed Rabbit Room contributor, Mr. ***Now Available in the Rabbit Room Store***
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