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| When Did Christians First Land In Britain? | |
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| Topic Started: Sunday, 15. July 2007, 08:50 (189 Views) | |
| Eve | Sunday, 15. July 2007, 08:50 Post #1 |
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When did Christians first land in Britain?
According to this, Venerable Bede says Church of St Martin in Canterbury was in use in Roman times. It would be interesting to collect information about Christians in the British Isles before St Augustine landed in Thanet in 597. |
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| Em. | Sunday, 15. July 2007, 13:01 Post #2 |
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I don't know much about this. However, I once bought a thin book that was going cheap from an antiques shop and if I am not mistaaken it was Portabello Road. If my memery still serves me, Christianity in England dates back to the 4th century when a group of French established themselves in London. I also have an idea that they were tailors by trade. Beyond that, I know no more and even what I have stated, is from memory. |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 15. July 2007, 13:25 Post #3 |
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This is an interesting site: The First Christians in Britain, by Michael Wilson It mentions archaeological evidence of Christians in Roman Villas, and of three English Bishops being present at the Council of Arles.
Text reproduced with permission Why would the Pope have sent St Augustine to convert England, if England already had three bishops? |
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| MickCook | Sunday, 15. July 2007, 14:53 Post #4 |
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Let's not forget Manchester. A sator square found in Manchester is considered by some authorities to be the earliest evidence of Christianity in Britain. Here's a neat explanation of the Sator or Rotas square: Rotas Sator Square It may be a coded message to show membership of a Christian community in Manchester at a time during the later 2nd century AD when Christianity was being persecuted by the Roman authorities. More information on Roman Manchester and the square: Roman Manchester |
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| Quicunque vult | Sunday, 15. July 2007, 15:25 Post #5 |
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Rose wrote:
Because they would have been BRITISH (ie Celtic) not English bishops. There is considerable evidence of Christianity having got a foothold in Roman Britain in the early centuries, long before the arrival of St Augustine. The Anglo-Saxon invaders (the English) brought in pagan beliefs - Thor, Woden etc, and it was necessary to convert them. Eventually the two sets of Christians met up, and there were tensions between them, notably over the date of Easter, resolved at the Synod of Whitby in the 7th Century. QV |
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| MickCook | Sunday, 15. July 2007, 15:43 Post #6 |
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This is true. However, the Synod of Whitby did not bring about an end to the Celtic Church as some have argued. This suggests that the Celtic Church was "different" from the rest of Christianity - which it was not. At the time the Church in Britain was using a formula for calculating Easter that had been used throughout the Church until it was discovered that it contained an error. The Synod of Whitby was called to explain this and provide a new formula that did not contain an error. This is the same formula that we use to this day. |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 15. July 2007, 15:53 Post #7 |
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Interesting. Romans had their administrative centre in London. York and Lincoln had important Roman garrisons. Perhaps that sheds some light on why there were bishops of London, York and Lincoln before Augustine landed in Kent. |
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| Ned | Tuesday, 17. July 2007, 21:01 Post #8 |
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Britain's first martyr is believed to be Saint Alban - at the town of Veralum, nowadays known as St Albans, probably in the 3rd Century. Regards Ned |
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