Our own English Bible : its translators and their work : the manuscript period . of apostolic action was in the , there are very, early traces of Christianity in theisland. Simon Zelotes probably met his death here, andClaiidia Rufina, the wife of Aulus Pudens, may havebeen a British woman. There is a story about Bran, thefather of Caractacus, going with his son when he was ledcaptive to Rome, hearing St. Paul preach there, and receiv-ing the truth. Unhappily for this, however, Tacitus,who gives a particular account of the fortunes of Caractacus THE MANUSCRIPT PERIOD , 7 in his c
Our own English Bible : its translators and their work : the manuscript period . of apostolic action was in the , there are very, early traces of Christianity in theisland. Simon Zelotes probably met his death here, andClaiidia Rufina, the wife of Aulus Pudens, may havebeen a British woman. There is a story about Bran, thefather of Caractacus, going with his son when he was ledcaptive to Rome, hearing St. Paul preach there, and receiv-ing the truth. Unhappily for this, however, Tacitus,who gives a particular account of the fortunes of Caractacus THE MANUSCRIPT PERIOD , 7 in his conflict with the Eomans, and who mentions thewife, daughters, and brothers of that prince, says nothingof his father. Nor is it hkely that the father would be stillliving whilst his son was possessed of the chieftainship. It is highly probable, however, that some attemptwould be made to introduce the true faith even inapostolic times. Britain was then governed by Eomanviceroys, and was no doubt a frequent topic of conversa-tion among the Praetorian soldiers with whom St. Paul. GLASTONBtTEY. lived for some time. The sons of British princes were sentto Rome, both as hostages for the good conduct of theirfathers, and to be educated. Seneca, the brother of theGallio of the Acts, had large possessions in Britain, anindication of not infrequent intercourse. PomponiaGraecina, the wife of Aulus Plautius. the first Romangovernor of Britain, was a firm supporter of the ChristianFaith. Among the forty-eight thousand Roman soldiers who 8 OUR OWN ENGLISH BIBLE for thirty years constituted the governing power here,succeeded by a number for very many years only one-third less, some were doubtless Christians.* And as inthe first generation after the apostles the contents ofthe Gospel were fixed within their present limits, andat the beginning of the second century the chief portionof the apostolic letters of the New Testament wasfamiliarly known and used by Christians, we may imaginethat some
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