The British nation a history / by George MWrong . nd mvolved no deep moral change. In W alesthe early Brit- j^^^^l Cornwall there still remained among theChristian Britons driven back by the Englisha Church of long standing. The newcomers made at-tempts to co-operate with it, but found unexpected bar-riers. Augustines narrow mind was shocked at diver-gences from Roman usage, which had lingered in Britainfrom an earlier age. He was urged by Gregory to adopt a liberal policy of conciliationin nou-essentials, but was arro-gant in tone, while the Britishwere suspicious of the stran-gt rs. To shave
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . nd mvolved no deep moral change. In W alesthe early Brit- j^^^^l Cornwall there still remained among theChristian Britons driven back by the Englisha Church of long standing. The newcomers made at-tempts to co-operate with it, but found unexpected bar-riers. Augustines narrow mind was shocked at diver-gences from Roman usage, which had lingered in Britainfrom an earlier age. He was urged by Gregory to adopt a liberal policy of conciliationin nou-essentials, but was arro-gant in tone, while the Britishwere suspicious of the stran-gt rs. To shave the front partof the priests head from ear-tip to ear-tip, instead of follow-ing the Roman custom of theshaven crown ; to immerse can-didates for baptism once only,instead of three times; to usea method of reckoning thedate of Easter differing fromthe Roman, do not at first seemvariations about which seriousBut the peremptory demand of Bishop (about Tontli Century). men should feel strongly. submission to Roman custom and supremacy was involved. THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND 33 in the dispute, and the British Churcli indignantly re-fused to hold intercourse with the newcomers on suchterms and broke off all communications. The Eomansmeanwhile made their way to the north and fixed uponYork, the ancient capital, as the northern centre of theirwork, with Paulinus as their first bishop. In some placespaganism fought tenaciously for the old gods, Woden andThor. Penda, King of Mercia, made himself their cham-pion, but after his death in 655 there was no force thatcould resist permanently the moral vigour of the newfaith. Within less than a hundred years after Augus-tines landing Christianity found almost universal acceptsance in Britain. Ireland was, a|)parently, not reached by Christianeffort during the period of Eoman rule in Britain, but soonThe piantiiiff of ^^^^^?i Patrick, a native of Dumbarton, withinChristianity in what is now Scotland, was fired with Chris-Ireland, ^^^^^ 2eal fo
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