The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine / Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894

by G. F. Browne

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THESE
ISLANDS BEFORE THE COMING
OF AUGUSTINE.

Three Lectures delivered at St. Paul’s in January 1894

BY THE

REV. G. F. BROWNE, B.D., D.C.L.,

CANON OF ST. PAUL’S,
AND FORMERLY DISNEY PROFESSOR OF ARCHÆOLOGY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE.

LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.; 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
1894.

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CONTENTS.

[LECTURE I.]
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Importance of the anniversaries connected with the years1894-1897.—Christianity in Kent immediately beforeAugustine.—Dates of Bishop Luidhard and Queen Bertha.—Romano-British Churches in Canterbury.—Who were theBritons.—Traditional origin of British Christianity.—St. Paul.—Joseph of Arimathea.—Glastonbury.—Romanreferences to Britain	[5]
[LECTURE II.]
Early mentions of Christianity in Britain.—KingLucius.—Origin and spread of Christianity in Gaul.—British Bishops at Councils.—Pelagianism.—BritishBishops of London.—Fastidius	[54]
[LECTURE III.]
Early Christianity in other parts of these islands.—Ninian in the south-west of Scotland.—Palladius andPatrick in Ireland.—Columba in Scotland.—Kentigernin Cumbria.—Wales—Cornwall.—The fate of the severalChurches.—Special rites &c. of the British Church.—General conclusion	[107]