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  2. Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Christian culture depended on organisational structure in the form of churches and priests to provide baptisms, instruction and places of worship. [167] Because of this, the ability for Christianity to be adopted by Scandinavians in England in parts with seeming absence or serious weakening of Church institutions has been questioned. [178]

  3. History of Christianity in Britain - Wikipedia

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    The history of Christianity in Britain covers the religious organisations, policies, theology and popular religiosity since ancient history. The Roman Catholic Church was the dominant form of Christianity in Britain from the 6th century through to the Reformation period in the Middle Ages.

  4. Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    In the seventh century the pagan Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity (Old English: Crīstendōm) mainly by missionaries sent from Rome.Irish missionaries from Iona, who were proponents of Celtic Christianity, were influential in the conversion of Northumbria, but after the Synod of Whitby in 664, the Anglo-Saxon church gave its allegiance to the Pope.

  5. Gregorian mission - Wikipedia

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    The Gregorian mission [1] or Augustinian mission [2] was a Christian mission sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 596 to convert Britain's Anglo-Saxons. [3] The mission was headed by Augustine of Canterbury. By the time of the death of the last missionary in 653, the mission had established Christianity among the southern Anglo-Saxons.

  6. Christianity in Roman Britain - Wikipedia

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    Christianity was one of several religions introduced to Britain from the eastern part of the empire, others being those dedicated to certain deities, such as Cybele, Isis, and Mithras. After the collapse of Roman imperial administration, much of southern and eastern Britain was affected by the Anglo-Saxon migrations and a transition to Anglo ...

  7. History of the Church of England - Wikipedia

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    The new inhabitants, the Anglo-Saxons, introduced Anglo-Saxon paganism, and the Christian church was confined to Wales and Cornwall. In Ireland, Celtic Christianity continued to thrive. [2] The Christianisation of the Anglo-Saxons began in 597 when Pope Gregory I dispatched the Gregorian Mission to convert the Kingdom of Kent.

  8. Augustine of Canterbury - Wikipedia

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    Before the Roman withdrawal, Britannia had been converted to Christianity and produced the ascetic Pelagius. [4] [5] Britain sent three bishops to the Council of Arles in 314, and a Gaulish bishop went to the island in 396 to help settle disciplinary matters. [6] Material remains testify to a growing presence of Christians, at least until ...

  9. Lucius of Britain - Wikipedia

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    Lucius (Welsh: Lles map Coel, Lleirwg, Lleufer or Lleufer Mawr) was a supposed 2nd-century king of the Britons traditionally credited with introducing Christianity into Britain. Lucius is first mentioned in a 6th-century version of the Liber Pontificalis, which says that he sent a letter to Pope Eleutherius asking to be