OR, THE ORIGIN OF BRITISH AS OPPOSED TO PAPAL CHRISTIANITY. BY THE REV. R. W. MORGAN, AUTHOR OF "VERITIES OF THE CHURCH,' "Ecclesia Britannica ab incunabulis Regia et Apostolica." Moncaus. "The British Church was from its cradle Apostolical and Royal." Oxford and London: J. H. AND JAS. PARKER. 1861. ΤΟ CONNOP, LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S, REPRESENTATIVE AND SUCCESSOR, IN THE PRIMITIVE METROPOLITAN SEE OF BRITAIN, OF THE NATIONAL SAINT OF THE CYMRY, The following Pages, A SLIGHT HOMAGE TO HIS VARIED AND PROFOUND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A SCHOLAR, HIS CATHOLICITY OF SPIRIT AS A CHRISTIAN, AND HIS CONSCIENTIOUS MASTERY, AS A BISHOP OF SOULS, OF THE LANGUAGE OF HIS PEOPLE, ARE, BY PERMISSION, DEDICATED, BY HIS VERY FAITHFUL SERVANT, R. W. MORGAN. PREFACE. A FAITHFUL account of the origin of The history of such native British Christianity as opposed to the Papal system first introduced four hundred and fifty-six years subsequently by Augustine the monk, is here, in readable compass, presented to the public. origin is inseparably blended with the longsustained resistance of our early forefathers to the invasions of their liberties by the greatest empire of antiquity, wielding against them the military forces of nearly three-quarters of the globe. The events thus recorded have left their moulding power to this day on our constitution in Church and State. The most cursory glance at them is sufficient to demonstrate the untenableness of the supposition that Britain is indebted to Germany-a country which has never itself been free-for its free institutions, or to Italy for its Gospel faith. The leading principles of her laws and liberties |