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... Christ . Although this is pure legend there is nothing improbable in the story . It is also thought that Claudia is the same British princess who was ( according to Martial , the Roman historian ) married to Pudens , the son of a Roman ...
... Christ . Although this is pure legend there is nothing improbable in the story . It is also thought that Claudia is the same British princess who was ( according to Martial , the Roman historian ) married to Pudens , the son of a Roman ...
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... Christ the true Sun for the first time cast his rays , i.e. , the knowledge of His laws on this island . " Although the Romans governed the country the Britons still continued to be a tribal people , living in small family communities ...
... Christ the true Sun for the first time cast his rays , i.e. , the knowledge of His laws on this island . " Although the Romans governed the country the Britons still continued to be a tribal people , living in small family communities ...
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... the British Church had reached even unto Africa , for Tertullian , the great apologist of Christianity there , writes : " For in whom else have all the nations believed , but in Christ ? Parthians , Medes. ENGLISH CHURCH HISTORY .
... the British Church had reached even unto Africa , for Tertullian , the great apologist of Christianity there , writes : " For in whom else have all the nations believed , but in Christ ? Parthians , Medes. ENGLISH CHURCH HISTORY .
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Charles Arthur Lane. nations believed , but in Christ ? Parthians , Medes , Elamites , all the coasts of Spain , the various nations of Gaul , and the parts inaccessible to the Romans but now subject to Christ . " The only parts then ...
Charles Arthur Lane. nations believed , but in Christ ? Parthians , Medes , Elamites , all the coasts of Spain , the various nations of Gaul , and the parts inaccessible to the Romans but now subject to Christ . " The only parts then ...
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... Christ . It was doubtless to a large extent because the shrewd Constantine had found the Christians in his army brave , resolute , honest , and fearless of death in a right cause ; as well as in grateful recognition of the signal aid ...
... Christ . It was doubtless to a large extent because the shrewd Constantine had found the Christians in his army brave , resolute , honest , and fearless of death in a right cause ; as well as in grateful recognition of the signal aid ...
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Abbey abbot Alfred ancient Anglo-Saxon Anselm appointed archbishop of Canterbury archbishop of York Augustine barons battle became Becket Bede benefices Britain British Church Britons built called canons Canterbury Cathedral Caratacus Cathedral Celtic century chief Christ Christian claimed clergy Cloth boards Conqueror Conquest consecrated council court Crown Crusades Danes death declared died diocese Dunstan East Anglia ecclesiastical Edward English Church estates Ethelbert Ethelred excommunicated Faith favour Fcap Gaul Gregory Grossetête heathen Henry Holy honour influence John Kent king king's kingdom land Lanfranc Langton legate Lindisfarne lived London Mercia mission missionaries monasteries monastic monks nobles Norman Normandy Northumbria Oswy papacy papal Paulinus persons pope pope's preach prelates priest princes province refused reign religious Roman saints Saxon Scots secular sent soon spiritual Stephen Langton supremacy synod Teutonic Theodore tribes Wales Welsh Wessex Wilfrid William Rufus William the Conqueror Winchester Witan worship Wycliffe York
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Page 119 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 273 - THE HOUSE OF GOD THE HOME OF MAN. By the Rev. Canon JELF. THE INNER LIFE, as Revealed in the Correspondence of Celebrated Christians. Edited by the late Rev. T. ERSKINE. THE LIFE OF THE SOUL IN THE WORLD ; its Nature, Needs, Dangers, Sorrows, Aids, and Joys.
Page 55 - Augustine, is said, in a threatening manner, to have foretold, that in case they would not join in unity with their brethren, they should be warred upon by their enemies ; and, if they would not preach the way of life to the English nation, they should at their hands undergo the vengeance of death.
Page 46 - Then repairing to the bishop of the Roman apostolical see, (for he was not himself then made pope,) he entreated him to send some ministers of the word into Britain to the nation of the English, by whom it might be converted to Christ...