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 the offerings of the people, and how should he deal with men guilty of sacrilege; such questions he asked, you see, as a strong man would think to be quite unnecessary to ask advice upon. Theodore was not a man of this type. He was strong, and he had great power of binding people together.

At last I am drawing to the close of this Lecture. I have wished to show you to-night how the Church's Faith was founded in England. You have seen that this was not done without determined struggles. We are taken to-night to the end of the seventh century, and at this time you find that the Church is well-organized in England, governed by its Bishops, guided by Canon law, kept alive by Synods and Councils. The two Archbishoprics at this date, Canterbury and York, were well-established, and many other Bishoprics were working under them.

Next week I shall turn to another subject—The growing claims over England of the Popes of Rome.