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These Archbishops of Canterbury were certainly orthodox, theologically, not it cannot reasonbly be said they were Orthodox, Augustine having been sent from Rome. However, we Anglicans have always said there were Orthodox beginnings, long before Augustine. This is why the Anglican theological method is more toward the spiritual, philosophical side (like our Eastern brothers) than legalistic (like our Western brothers.) *597 St. [[Augustine of Canterbury|Augustine]]
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==The current archbishop==
Rowan Douglas Williams was born in Wales on [[June 14]], 1950. He studied theology at Christ’s Christ's College of Cambridge University where he doctoral work on the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] Church and particularly the thought of [[Vladimir Lossky]]. For some years he was a professor of theology at Oxford University. In 1992 he was elevated to Anglican Bishop of Monmouth, and then in 2000 he was made Anglican Archbishop of Wales. In 2002 he was elevated to the throne of St. [[Augustine of Canterbury|Augustine]].
A prolific writer, Dr. Williams has published books in theology, spirituality, Christian history and poetry. Of particular interest to Orthodox Christians might be two books of meditations on [[iconography|icons]], entitled ''The Dwelling of the Light: Praying With Icons of Christ'' (ISBN 0802827780) and ''Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons of the Virgin'' (ISBN 1580511244). He is also the editor of the book ''Sergii Bulgakov: Towards a Russian Political Theology'' (ISBN 056708650X).
Christianity reached England by the middle of the second century. As St. [[Bede]] relates in his ''[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]'', in 156 a British King by the name of Lucius wrote to Eleutherus, bishop of Rome, asking to be made a Christian. (Bk 1, Chap 4) With the work of missionaries throughout the first few centuries AD, Christianity spread and took root.
In 596 Pope [[Gregory the Great]] decided to send a mission to the Anglo-Saxons in the British Isles. He chose a to send a group of [[Rule of St. Benedict|Benedictine ]] monks, under the leadership of St. [[Augustine of Canterbury]] (not to be confused with [[Augustine of Hippo]]). Augustine and his fellow monks arrived in Kent in 597 and eventually a see city was set up in Canterbury, Augustine being the first Archbishop. It is said that that when they arrived they were "carrying a silver cross and an image of Jesus Christ painted on a board, which thus became, so far as we know, 'Canterbury's first [[icon]].'" (''Lesser Feasts and Fasts'', p. 252)
With Augustine and those who came after him, the British Isles were slowly put under the authority of the Church of Rome. As with the rest of the Western Church, this authority increased over the next 500 years.
==Archbishops of Canterbury throughout history==
===Orthodox Archbishops of Canterbury===
*604 St. [[Laurence of Canterbury]] (aka Laurentius)
*619 St. [[Mellitus|Mellitus]]*624 St. [[Justus|Justus]]*627 St. [[Honoriusof Canterbury]]*655 St. [[Deusdeditof Canterbury]]*664 ''Vacant''*c.666 [[Wighard]], died of plague before consecration
*668 St. [[Theodore of Tarsus]]
*693 St. [[Berhtwald]]*731 St. [[Tatwine]]*735 St. [[Nothelm]]*740 St. [[Cuthbertof Canterbury]]*761 St. [[Bregowine]]*765 [[Jaenbert]]*793 [[Ethelhard]]*805 [[Wulfred]]*832 [[Feologeld]]*833 [[Ceolnoth]]*870 [[Ethelredof Canterbury]]
*890 Plegmund
*914 Athelm
*923 Wulfhelm
*942 [[Odo of Canterbury (10th century)|Oda]]*959 Aelfsige
*959 Brithelm
*960 St. [[Dunstan of Canterbury|Dunstan]]
*c.988 Ethelgar
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