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Cambria Sacra, or, The history of the early Cambro-British Christians

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Summary of the History of Religion in Britain, from the Introduction of Christianity, down to the Arrival of St. Germanus, as the Champion of Truth against Pelagianism. Britain described first by the pen of a Roman General — Customs and civilisation of the Britons — Bold horsemen — Religion represented by Druidism — Its organisation — The oak tree and the mistletoe — Duration of the Roman occupation — Its influence on the natives — Introduction of Christianity — Contrast between the military conqueror and the peaceful messenger of the Gospel — St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Joseph of Arimathea, Bran, Claudia, and Pompon ia Grascina — Intercourse of nations created by the wide-spread Roman Empire a means in the hands of Divine Providence for the propagation of the Gospel — Second and third centuries — King Lucius — His family — Sends Ambassadors to Pope Eleutherius — His con- version, and that of his subjects — A Hierarchy established — The names of Churches built in Britain under Lucius — His death and burial in Gloucester — St. Mellon — First Bishop of Rouen — The first nine persecutions against the Church not carried out in Britain — Publication of the tenth per

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