Rochester Cathedral

by Dean of Rochester The Very Reverend John Arnold, Christopher Hebron, John McIlwain (Editor)

Rochester owes its long history and cultural significance to its strategic site. It guards the approach to London and the heartlands of England from the south-east at the first crossing of the Medway between its estuary and the impenetrable Weald. Here the Ancient Britons fought against the Romans, the Romano-British against the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, the Anglo-Saxons against the Danes, King John against the Barons, the Royal Navy against the Dutch fleet and as late as 1940 the Royal Air Force against the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. But the sotry of Rochester is not only a story of wars and rumours of wars; it is also the story of faithfulness to the Good News of Jesus Christ and of service to the Prince of Peace, for it numbers among its great symbolic constructions not only a bridge and a castle but also a Cathedral Church.

30 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1994