Did Paul ever visit Britain?

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Did Paul ever visit Britain?

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Simple question.
Was having a discussion with my friend online earlier, and we were talking about the early church and how it began in Britain.
He said he came across a book in which somebody gave good evidence for Paul visiting Britain and actually preaching there at Glastonbury Abby.
He denies any belief in British Israel. As do I. ;)

What are your thoughts on this? Any real evidence to back up the claim that Paul visited Britain? The answer obviously will have a ripple effect on to how you think the Christian church originally began in Britain.

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Well, if the Church began in Britain with Paul's visit, who's to deny that the church began in New Zealand with a visit by Paul? And Canada...South Africa...Australia...Fiji...USA...France...Spain (he did book a trip there, right?)...Sweden...Norway...uh...uh...the CONGO! (that's why there are so many African Christians!)...Singapore?...not sure...

Anyway, Paul certainly was a world traveller...Do you think the Egyptians really built the pyramids??? :roll: I'm CERTAIN they had help from intergallactic beings travelling in zooming flying saucers!

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I think the reason that the notion Pal even visited Britain in the first place was that some historians of the time actually recorded it and recorded that he also preached there.
I personally do not believe it, was looking for thoughts.

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Seems perfectly reasonable, considering Jesus visited Britain as a boy with Joseph of Arimathea and then Joseph later returned to Glastonbury with the grail. I'm sure the head of John the Baptist is around here somewhere but I think the reptilian Royal bloodlines are keeping it well under wraps.........
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While I visited England in my youth, I never preached there.
Just to be clear on the matter.
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Proinsias wrote:Seems perfectly reasonable, considering Jesus visited Britain as a boy with Joseph of Arimathea and then Joseph later returned to Glastonbury with the grail. I'm sure the head of John the Baptist is around here somewhere but I think the reptilian Royal bloodlines are keeping it well under wraps.........
You mean there are conspiracies outside the Vatican? :esurprised: :D
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You do realize that the Pope is actually a Sith lord, right? the last in a long line of Sith lords as a matter of fact.
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PaulSacramento wrote:You do realize that the Pope is actually a Sith lord, right? the last in a long line of Sith lords as a matter of fact.
That makes sense, the ceremony was a little strange:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ9sJVJMiYM
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Proinsias wrote:
PaulSacramento wrote:You do realize that the Pope is actually a Sith lord, right? the last in a long line of Sith lords as a matter of fact.
That makes sense, the ceremony was a little strange:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ9sJVJMiYM
Sith ninjas have been sent to hid your socks and shrink your underwear by 3 sizes !
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I like it Paul.

No darling, I'm not putting on weight, the Pope's been sending ninjas to shrink my underwear!
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Proinsias wrote:I like it Paul.

No darling, I'm not putting on weight, the Pope's been sending ninjas to shrink my underwear!
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PaulSacramento wrote:While I visited England in my youth, I never preached there.
Just to be clear on the matter.
Thank God! You've already confused all of Canada! Leave England alone! :mrgreen:
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