Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1918 — Church Many Centuries Old. [ARTICLE]

Church Many Centuries Old.

The church of St Martin, at Canterbury, Is claimed by some to be the oldest church in Great Britain now in use. The building. In excellent repair, contains many features attributable to Roman and Saxon architecture, and was the scene of St. Augustine’s preaching and the baptism of Ethelbert, king of Kent. After the departure of the Romans from Britain in 400, the church wqs still used. by a small band of Christian worshipers till St Augustine’s mission in 597, and within the walls of this cradle of English Christianity Divine service has been celebrated for at least 13 centuries without any apparent interruption. |