in the fourth century; in Ireland in the fifth; and in Scotland during the sixth centuries. Thereafter, that is after the A.D. basis had been chronologically suggested, history records that Flanders became Christianised in the seventh; Saxony the eighth; Denmark in the ninth Russia, Hungary, and Norway during the 10th centuries.<ref>Vide Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, under 'Christianity.'</rf>
29. It will be convenient to mention at this point that the Papal Bulls were dated by reference to the year 'ab incarnatione. The Romish Brieves, on the other hand, bore to be given 'in the year of the nativity.' The Encyclicals are dated thus, 'Given at St. Peter's, Rome, the 29th day of June, in the year 1896, and the nineteenth of our pontificate, Leo XIII., Pope.' This is the latest example, being the famous Encyclical Letter upon the Unity of the Church.
