ABSTRACT
Of all the faiths, beliefs, and religions practised in Roman Britain it is Christianity which has continued down to the present, although for many it has never been more than a thin veneer, only half-concealing a world of spirits, fairies, witches, magic spells and potions, horoscopes, lucky charms, and holy wells. We saw in Chapter 3 that there is widespread evidence of Christianity in Roman Britain, some evidence of a formal Christian organization of bishops, but almost no firm evidence of the existence of buildings which can be recognized as churches. The evidence for the continuity of Christianity from Roman Britain into Anglo-Saxon England is just as fragmentary and tantalizing as the evidence for other modes and forms of continuity.
