Priests

Arthur talks about the priest who lived in one of the houses that now ring the dam, claiming the land that used to be his Eden. He was raised as an Ulster Protestant, in a tribe deeply suspicious of its Catholic neighbors; in their tongue "priest" had no familiar point of reference; they h...

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Published inSouthwest review Vol. 100; no. 3; pp. 307 - 321
Main Author ARTHUR, CHRIS
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dallas Southern Methodist University 22.06.2015
Southwest Review
Subjects
Catholicism
Clergy
Essays
Priests
Protestantism
Protestants
Religious beliefs
Religious persecution
Tongue
Ireland
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Summary:Arthur talks about the priest who lived in one of the houses that now ring the dam, claiming the land that used to be his Eden. He was raised as an Ulster Protestant, in a tribe deeply suspicious of its Catholic neighbors; in their tongue "priest" had no familiar point of reference; they had plain ministers. A priest was a high functionary of Northern Ireland's minority faith, and therefore, in their eyes, suspect. Catholicism was, for them, a kind of fifth column within the body politic. Its members followed a different set of allegiances to theirs--looking to Dublin and Southern Ireland, not London, Britain and the Crown. They viewed "papists" more as traitors than fellow Christians.
ISSN:0038-4712
2168-5487