Título: ST. PAUL IN BRITAIN; OR, THE ORIGIN OF BRITISH AS OPPOSED TO PAPAL CHRISTIANITY
Autor: MORGAN, RICHARD WILLIAMS
Año: 1861
Género: HISTORIA Y MITOLOGÍA
Formato: PDF
«St. Paul in Britain; or, The origin of British as opposed to papal Christianity» is a book written by Richard Williams Morgan and published in 1861. The book and others by Morgan had an influencing effect on the development of Neo-Celtic Christianity.
That St. Paul planted Christianity in the British Isles over five centuries before the arrival of St. Augustine is well-documented from little known sources by the Rev. Richard Williams Morgan in 1860. His research determined that Christianity was first introduced into Britain by Joseph of Arimathea around 36-39 A.D. It's first converts were members of the royal family of Siluria before they were carried into captivity to Rome; then Caradoc & the rest of the family converted at Rome.
Two of the most rigid Roman Catholics of their period Polydore Vergil in the reign of Henry VII and after him Cardinal Pole (A.D. 1555) affirmed in Parliament that “Britain was the first of all countries to receive the Christian faith.” Genebrard stated “The glory of Britain consists not only in this that she was the first country which in a national capacity publicly professed herself Christian but that she made this confession when the Roman empire itself was Pagan & a cruel persecutor of Christianity.” “Christianity was privately confessed elsewhere but the first nation that proclaimed it as their religion & called itself Christian after the name of Christ was Britain”, numerous other instances where the fact of the Christian faith being first established in England was known & acknowledged in an official capacity are mentioned by the author.
Morgan supplies historical facts that support the claim of the early arrival in Britain following the crucifixion of Christ of Joseph of Arimathea & his company. They came at the invitation of certain high ranking Druids from Marseilles into Britain around 38-39 A.D. building the first church on the Isle of Avalon. Because of its vast quantity of footnotes & documentation this book is a must as a reference tool for any library as well as being an entertaining account of the early expansion of the Christian faith.
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