Britain’s high, holy and failing days: the relevance of Ss Augustine and Bede today

If you were a British Christian living in the 6th century, you would have had enough reason to feel abandoned by God. The Roman legions had returned home, and the Anglo-Saxons had arrived, establishing their own kingdoms and religion. Where once Christianity grew, there was now Woden, Friga and Thunor. But, in 596AD, Pope Gregory