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Author: Andres Gray

Presents reliable evidence that St. Joseph of Arimathea established the first Christian church in Britain between 36 - 39 A.D. Reprint of 1880."

The long held belief that Christianity was introduced into Britain around 600 AD by St. Augustine is shown by the author to be unfounded. He presents the evidence that St. Joseph of Arimathea visited Britain around 36 to 39 AD and established the first Christian Church, then called 'Culdee', where is now the West country town of Glastonbury. The author states:

The first converts are said to have been members of the royal family of Siluria. It is asserted that there were two cradles of Christianity in Britain ----'the Chrystal Isle,' called by the Saxons Glaston, in Somersetshire, where Joseph is believed to have settled and taught; and Siluria, where Churches and Schools were founded by the Silurian dynasty.

. . . This decision laid down the principle that the Churches of France and Spain were bound to give way, in point of antiquity and precedence, to the Church of Britain, which was founded by Joseph of Arimathea, 'immediately after the passion of Christ.'

. . . Regarding this date (given by Gildas) as our starting point, we have several testimonies assigning the first introduction of Christianity in or about the same year to Joseph of Arimathea.

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Author: Miss E. O. Gordon

This book gives a careful account of the life of Saint George, hero and Martyr, not as a mere legendary figure, but as living man in conflict with the forces of evil, and as a victorious defender of early Christianity. It presents the best authenticated record of the history of the Knights of St. George and Britain's great Order of the Garter, instituted in his memory.

In the first section of this study the author makes the most of the scanty materials dealing with the life of St. George as it's first chapter begins with the following:

The story of St. George comes to us from Palestine, where the memory of the Champion of Religious Liberty is venerated to this day by Christian and Moslem alike. The Greek Orthodox Church honors St. George as the "Great Martyr," "Captain of the Noble Army of Martyrs" and the majority of the monasteries in the East are dedicated to the "Victorious One", or "Trophy Bearer". . . . In Jerusalem the ancient Coptic Church has a monastery of St. George, and the Greek Church has not only a monastery of St. George, but monasteries also of St. Helena and Constantine, the British Empress and her illustrious son the first Christian Emperor, who, soon after he assumed the purple, publicly recognized the merits of the Soldier-Martyr by proclaiming St.George the patron and pattern of soldiers and "Champion of Christendom".

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Author: R. W. Morgan

That St. Paul planted Christianity in the British Isles over five centuries before the arrival of St. Augustine is well-documented from little known sources by the Rev. R. W. Morgan, in 1860. His research determined that Christianity was first introduced into Britain by Joseph of Arimathea around 36-39 A.D.; followed by the apostle Simon Zelotes; then by Aristobulus, the first bishop of the Britons; then by St. Paul.

It's first converts were members of the royal family of Siluria...that is, Gladys, the sister of Caradoc, Gladys ( Claudia ) and Eurgen his daughters, Linus his son, converted in Britain before they were carried into captivity to Rome; then Caradoc, Bran, and the rest of the family, converted at Rome.

Two of the most rigid Roman Catholics of their period, Polydore Vergil in the reign of Henry VII, and after him Cardinal Pole ( A.D. 1555 ), affirmed in Parliament, that "Britain was the first of all countries to receive the Christian faith." Genebrard stated "The glory of Britain consists not only in this, that she was the first country which in a national capacity publicly professed herself Christian, but that she made this confession when the Roman empire itself was Pagan and a cruel persecutor of Christianity." Another example of this opinion, was well expressed by Sabellius when he said "Christianity was privately confessed elsewhere, but the first nation that proclaimed it as their religion, and called itself Christian after the name of Christ, was Britain" . . . and numerous other instances where the fact of the Christian faith being first established in England, was known and acknowledged in an official capacity, are mentioned by the author.

Morgan supplies historical facts that support the claim of the early arrival in Britain, following the crucifixion of Christ, of Joseph of Arimathea and his company, including Lazarus, Mary, Martha, Marcella, and Maximin. They came at the invitation of certain high ranking Druids from Marseilles into Britain around 38 - 39 A.D., building the first church on the Isle of Avalon.

Of particular interest to the Christian reader is the connection between St. Paul and the Royal Silurian family of Britain. Evidence abounds that Paul was on good terms with the mother of Rufus Pudens, with Pudens himself, with Claudia his wife, and Linus. The children of Claudia and Pudens were instructed in the faith by none other than Paul. The eldest was baptized Timotheus, after Timothy, Bishop of Ephesus, the apostle's "beloved son in Christ." Paul lived, according to all evidence, with the Claudian family, whenever he was in Rome, whether he was in custody at large or free. The close relationship Paul enjoyed with the Claudian family in Rome, provided him with a golden opportunity to journey to Britain, and because of the strong influences of that family in their native country, to receive a warm, and enthusiastic reception on his arrival.

Because of its vast quantity of footnotes and documentation, this book is a must as a reference tool for any library, as well as being an entertaining account of the early expansion of the Christian faith.

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Author: Frederick Haberman

This book answers many of the questions about the racial origins of the Europeans who settled America and transformed it from a sparsely inhabited wilderness into the greatest Christian Nation of all time.

Haberman traces America's ancestors back beyond western Europe ever eastward to their origin.

The author also reveals the results of his long and arduous study and research that covers the location of the Deluge or Noah's Flood, the identity of the "Covenant Race", "the Golden Age of Phoencia", Drudic Britain, Ancient Ireland, the Throne of David and the United States in prophecy.

If you haven't read this remarkable account of a "special people" who are rarely traced back to such an ancient period you owe it to yourself to read Frederick Haberman's "Tracing Our Ancestors."

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Author: Covenant Productions by E. Raymond Capt

This video shows how the Faith of Christ was carried, by the early Christian missionaries, from Palestine to the far West in the first half of the first century A. D., and its resulting impact upon the Celtic communities of the Brittanic Isles.

After the departure of the Roman occupying forces in 410 A.D., the rising stars of the saints: Ninian, Columba, Finian, and many others brought the light of Christianity even to the Picts of the far North of Scotland.

Through their teachings, the Faith spread Southwards from the monasteries of Iona and Whithorn into Northumbria, centered at Lindisfarne, or Holy Island reaching as far South as the Channel coastland.

Centuries later, seeking freedom of worship, the Pilgrim Fathers took the faith across the Atlantic Ocean into the wilderness of the New World, planting a code of Christian conduct based solely on the Word of Holy Scripture.

Shown are the holy sites of the monasteries of Iona, Whithorn, and Lindisfarne (or Holy Island), Christian sites which spread the Gospel of the Kingdom.

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Author: Covenant Productions by E. Raymond Capt

This is the ever-popular E. Ray Capt video that provides a new source of light on the 18 missing years (from ages 12 to 30) in the life of Jesus.

It conducts an examination of the historical records concerning Joseph of Arimathea who, according to legend, was the great uncle of Jesus and a provincial senator and metal merchant.

It asks and provides answers to the questions: was Mary, the Mother of Jesus, buried at Glastonbury in England, at the site of the first Christian church in the West? Was King Arthur legendary, or factual? Was the famous Nanteos Cup, the "Holy Grail", found at Glastonbury, actually the Cup of the Last Supper?

Treat yourself to a splendid pictorial visit to the site where many of the Faithful believe the boyhood feet of Jesus tread.