Gildas The Wise - On The Ruin of Britain Part IV - c. 540 AD

De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (Latin: On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain, sometimes just On the Ruin of Britain) is a work written in Latin by the 6th-century AD British cleric St Gildas. It is a sermon in three parts condemning the acts of Gildas' contemporaries, both secular and religious, whom he blames for the dire state of affairs in sub-Roman Britain. It is one of the most important sources for the history of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries, as it is the only significant source for the period written by a near contemporary of the people and events described.

PART IV

The writer's feelings with respect to the princes so severely censured in the preceding part. Motives as to intending attack upon the clergy

00:03:03 Charges against wicked and reprobate priests

00:12:16 Defects of those acknowledged to be blameless in their lives when compared with examples from the Old Testament ,the New Testament, and Church history

00:12:35 Comparison with Old Testament examples

00:23:36 Compared with New Testament examples

00:25:58 Compared with examples furnished by Church History

00:31:44 Quotations of incriminatory passages directed against "lazy and unworthy priests'" from the Old Testament

01:06:12 Quotations from the New Testament

01:30:35 Quotations from the Ordinal or Service Book used in the consecration of priests or ministers (deacons?)

01:36:18 Conclusion