Herein the reader is presented with an alternative and more compelling history of the Celtic Church in Britain to that commonly offered by the proponents of the belief that Christianity began in these islands either with Patrick in the mid-fifth century or was revived by Augustine at the end of the sixth century. The author describes a nascent Christianity that was very different in character to the Christianity we know today. He introduces the reader to a religious spirit dedicated to the contemplative life, evolving within a civilised Romano-British society, a society that was to be devastated from the beginning of the fifth century onward by the political turmoil and internecine conflicts of a collapsing Roman Empire. He relates how that ancient British Church and its people adapted and survived, against extraordinary and overwhelming odds. It is a marvelous and heroic epic spanning many generations.
- ISBN10 0957371519
- ISBN13 9780957371514
- Publish Date 1 July 2014 (first published 1 June 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Imagier Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 254
- Language English