. ofgold was quickly recognised by the people of WestWales, who saved their property and bought theright of worshipping after the manner of theirfathers by the payment of an annual tribute totheir conquerors. So the British church was swept westward by theSaxon hordes, and the bhght of paganism settledonce more upon t?ie land. As one would imagine,?:he conquered Christians would be quite incapableof converting their more virile conquerors, andsuch conversion as took place at this periodwould be in the reverse direction, for Christian
. ofgold was quickly recognised by the people of WestWales, who saved their property and bought theright of worshipping after the manner of theirfathers by the payment of an annual tribute totheir conquerors. So the British church was swept westward by theSaxon hordes, and the bhght of paganism settledonce more upon t?ie land. As one would imagine,?:he conquered Christians would be quite incapableof converting their more virile conquerors, andsuch conversion as took place at this periodwould be in the reverse direction, for Christianitywas practically dead in this country, until thefaith was revived, if not promulgated anew, byother missionaries such as St. Xinian, St. Columba,and St. Patrick. It has been the fashion of late years to behttlethe mission of St. Augustine and to attribute thefirm estabhshment of the Christian church inEngland, to the above mentioned and other Celticsaints, while some authorities see, in the buildings onlona, the cradle of northern Christianity, and this.
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