The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ns can have Conmctbetween . , theEomanand mvolved no deep moral change. In Wales*^^ ^f^^ly^*- and 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 non-essentials, but was arro-gant in tone, while the Britishwere suspic
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ns can have Conmctbetween . , theEomanand mvolved no deep moral change. In Wales*^^ ^f^^ly^*- and 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 non-essentials, but was arro-gant in tone, while the Britishwere suspicious of the stran-gers. To shave the front partof the priests head from ear-tip to ear-tip, instead of follow-ing the Ronaan 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 seriousmen should feel strongly. But the peremptory demand ofsubmission to Roman custom and supremacy was involved. Bishop (about Tontli feiitiiry). THE CONVERSION OP ENGLAND 33 in the dispute, and the British Church 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 accept-ance in Britain. Ireland was, apparently, not reached by Christianeffort during the period of Eoman rule in Britain, but soonThe planting of ^^^^^^ Patrick, a native of Dumbarton, withinChristianity in what is now Scotland, was fired with
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