Great Gate of St. Augustine's Abbey

Augustine of Canterbury by Edward L. Cutts

ByRob Bradshaw

Today’s free book is Edward L. Cutts biography of Augustine of Canterbury. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library.

Edward Lewes Cutts [1824-1901], Augustine of Canterbury. London: Methuen & Co., 1895. Hbk. pp.207. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

  • Chronological Table
  • Pegigree of the Kings of Kent
  • Pedigree of the Frank Kings
  • Table of Bishops
  1. The Rome of Gregory the Great
  2. Gregory the Great
  3. The Yorkshire Boys in the Roman Forum
  4. The Departure of the Mission
  5. At Marseilles
  6. The Journey Through France
  7. Eng;and in 596 A.D.
  8. The Reception of the Mission
  9. The Success of the Work
  10. Gregory’s Instructions
  11. Establishment of the Church in Canterbury
  12. The Arrival of the Second Body of Missioners
  13. THe History of the Pall
  14. Gregory’s Letters, to Augustine on his Miracles, and to Ethelbert
  15. The Beginnings of the Library of the English Church
  16. The Old Temples and Churches
  17. The Foundation of the Monastery of SS. Peter and Paul
  18. The Negociation with the English Church
  19. The Endeavour to Extend the Church to the Other English Kingdoms
  20. The Epicopacy of Laurentius
  21. The Death of Ethelbert; the Apostasy
  22. The Mission to Northumbria
  23. Progress of the Work in Northumbria
  24. The Episopate of Honorius
  25. The Kentish Monasteries
  26. Archbishop Theodore

Main image: Great Gate of St. Augustine’s Abbey. Source: Wikipedia

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