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Christianity in Early Britain
Hugh Williams [1843-1911]


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Book Description

Title:
Christianity in Early Britain
Author:
Publication Year:
Location:
Oxford
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
Pages:
484
Subjects:
Church History, Great Britain,
Copyright Holder:
Public domain

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction. Britain as a Province of the Roman Empire
  1. Non-Christian Britain
  2. Legendary Accounts of the Coming of Christianity
  3. The Cming and Spreading of the Christian Faith and Church
  4. A British Church of A.D. 200; Excursus A: Extracts from Ancient Christian Writers
  5. Persecution; Excursus B: The Martyrdom of St. Alban
  6. Britain and the Diocletian Persecution
  7. Erroneous Early and Mediaeval Views
  8. Constantine and Britain
  9. The Council of Arles; Excursus C: The observance of Easter until the Council of Arles
  10. The Faith of Nicaea
  11. New Religious Policy; The Two Tyranni:
    1. I. Maximus, A.D. 383-387
    2. Constantine, A.D. 407-411
  12. The Church in Britain as aPart of Wedtern Christendom.
    1. Fifth Century
    2. Britain and Later Conceptions
  13. Pelagianism. Pelagius. Agricola and Severianus. Palladius
  14. Germanus and Lipus. Germanus and Severus
  15. British Personages of hte Fifth Century
    1. Fastidius
    2. Faustus
    3. Riccatus
    4. Nynias
    5. Patrick
  16. Monachism: Beginnings
  17. British Terms indicative of Monachism
  18. Two Britains; Excurus D: British Hagiographic Literature. Vitae Sanctorum. Lives of the Saints. Bucheddau y Saint
  19. Machism in Britain: Early Years; Dubricius, Dyvric; Iltutus, Illtud
  20. Princes and Church. Ambrosius, Marlgwn, Arthur
  21. Growth of Moachism; Excursus E
  22. Manchism (continued). The Disciples of Illtud and Others
  23. Annales Cambriae vel Annales Brittonum
  24. Ecclesiastical References in the Early Literature of the British Tongue
  25. Two Churches
  26. The Church (continued)
  • Index

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