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In England it was so entirely extinguished, that, when Augustin undertook his mission, it does not appear that among all the Saxons there was a single person professing Christianity.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke highlights the complete extinguishment of Christianity among the Saxons in England before Augustine's mission.
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