The First Unity
The Story of the Synod of Hertford, A.D.673
by Cyril Heath
Synod '73, Hertford, 1971
Glossy Paperback, 18 * 12 cm, 32 pages, two b/w photographs
This describes an important event in the early English Christian Church, and its background. It was also an early landmark in the history of Hertfordshire.
There are forwards by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and by His Eminence the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.
Pictures of the modern memorials to the event are included.
The memorial cross against the walls of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph, Hertford
Contents
Introduction
In the Beginning (The Romans in England)
The First Martyr (St Alban)
Strangers (597 AD)
Life as a Sparrow
Whitby (664 AD)
The Synod
Personalities
Stormy Petrel
Disunity
