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[[Glastonbury]] tradition says that the boy [[Jesus]] accompanied [[Joseph of Arimathea]] on one of his business trips to England and lived there for several years, studying and preparing for his mission. Reverend Dobson does not think it unlikely that Jesus studied Druidism. He writes: | [[Glastonbury]] tradition says that the boy [[Jesus]] accompanied [[Joseph of Arimathea]] on one of his business trips to England and lived there for several years, studying and preparing for his mission. Reverend Dobson does not think it unlikely that Jesus studied Druidism. He writes: | ||
<blockquote>May it not have been that Our Lord, bringing with Him the Mosaic law, and studying it in conjunction with the oral secrets of Druidism, prepared to give forth His message, which occasioned so much wonderment among the Jewish elders? In Britain He would be free from the tyranny of Roman oppression, the superstition of Rabbinical misinterpretation, and the grossness of pagan idolatry, and its bestial, immoral customs. In Druid Britain He would live among people dominated by the highest and purest ideals, the very ideals He had come to proclaim.<ref>Dobson, ''Did Our Lord Visit Britain.''</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>May it not have been that Our Lord, bringing with Him the Mosaic law, and studying it in conjunction with the oral secrets of Druidism, prepared to give forth His message, which occasioned so much wonderment among the Jewish elders? In Britain He would be free from the tyranny of Roman oppression, the superstition of Rabbinical misinterpretation, and the grossness of pagan [[idolatry]], and its bestial, immoral customs. In Druid Britain He would live among people dominated by the highest and purest ideals, the very ideals He had come to proclaim.<ref>Dobson, ''Did Our Lord Visit Britain.''</ref></blockquote> | ||
== The Druids and Stonehenge == | == The Druids and Stonehenge == | ||