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Books : St. Augustine of Canterbury


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by: Michael A Green

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9781857563665
ISBN: 1857563662
Label: Janus Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Janus Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 42
Publication Date: January 01, 1997
Publisher: Janus Publishing Company
Sales Rank: 2728797
Studio: Janus Publishing Company






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Product Description:
Tells the story of St Augustine's journey to, and arrival in, England. His seven-year missionary activity in Kent had a profound and lasting effect upon the development of Christianity in England. This account is supported by documentary evidence and the relevant historical contexts.



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Hmm.
A very thin book, for a price far too high. The information could have been more packed and made interesting, and have been worth the price. But it wasn't. There were only the barest, baldest details. And what there was was mostly hagiorphora, with overblown tales of the saints, primarily Augustine. Not that the miraculous can't occur, and that some don't experience more of the miraculous than others. But one needs a discriminating palate, and not simply swallowing wholesale every legend of ... Read More




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