Great Britains Past and Present

St Joseph of Arimathea

Those people who have heard of Glastonbury in deepest Somerset, will at some point have heard of Joseph of Arimathea, he is said to have visited Glastonbury with his Great Nephew, none other than Jesus of Nazareth.  But was this truth, or was this in fact an elaborate story dreamed up and formulated by the then Monks of Glastonbury Abbey?

Is it on this basis that has thousands of people flocking to this quaint spot deep in the English Countryside in search of the “Holy Grail”?

Is Glastonbury (Isle of Avalon) really the birth place of Christianity in Britain?

But by far the most important question is Did Jesus, Son of God, really walk in this land?

What is the Link between King Arthurs Grail and Joseph of Arimathea’s Grail?

These questions and many more surrounding this place has kept me wondering for years.  Finding out fact from fiction has been like a great maze! Just when you think your on to a good lead some other interesting fact pops up and distracts you from the quest.

I am no great authority on this subject just an inquisitive person looking to make sense of something that depending on your beliefs and disbelief’s either exists or doesn’t!We know St. Joseph of Arimathea did exsist of that we are certain. But did he come to Great Britain will we ever truly know?

The answer in honesty is probably not but that is not to say we won’t have a kind of mini Grail quest of our own finding out.

In my next post I will be writing about the legend of Joseph of Arimathea’s visit to Britian and of what we know of him for certain through the Scriptures.