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The Church of England:
ITS CATHOLICITY AND CONTINUITY.
LECTURE 1
The Founding of the Church.
Introduction. The Early Britons. Introduction of the Faith to the Britons. Roman Soldiers. Gaul and Britain. S. Alban. Council of Arles. Result of Saxon Invasion. Influence of British Church on Ireland and Scotland. Re-conversion of Britain. Gregory and the Slaves. S. Augustine. His Mission. Augustine and British Bishops. Northumbria and Paulinus. Edwin and Heathenism. Failure of the Mission. Oswald and the British Church. Controversy between the Britons and the Roman Mission. Wilfrid. Colman. Theodore at Canterbury. His Work. Council at Hertford. Theodore's independent action.
The object which I have in view in undertaking this Course of Lectures is twofold. First, it is to give some general facts about the history of the Church of England for those who have not had leisure to make this subject a special study; and secondly, it is to try to correct a few of the false impressions which are common respecting the origin and history of our Church.
The majority of men are either too indifferent to the
