Excerpt from The Bishops of Lindisfarne, Hexham, Chester-Le-Street, and Durham, A. D. 635-1020: Being an Introduction to the Ecclesiastical History of Northumbria Britannia Secunda. The bishops were attended by Sacerdos (a priest) and Arminius. This proves that in the diocese, first Of all ruled from York, there was a properly-organised Church with apostolic orders and of orthodox doctrine. There was frequent communi cation between York and Corbridge, and as the latter was a place of great importance, being one-third the size Of York, it can safely be asserted that the Gospel of Christ was preached on the banks of the Tyne, and that the Sacraments were celebrated there. Some years ago a curious relic was found at Colchester, close to Corbridge. It was a silver basin with a design repeated round the brim which some antiquaries recognised as the sacred monogram Of the Labarum, and concluded that it had been used by a Christian priest as a lavabo. Others have pronounced it to be a Roman sacrificing dish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.