Little is know about the account of our Lord’s visit to Britain and the early establishment of the British Christian Church by Joseph of Arimathaea. Have you ever wondered about the 18 silent years in the life of our Savior, Jesus Christ? Have you ever asked; Where was He? And what was He doing? Little is known of the boyhood of Jesus until at the age of twelve when He appeared before the rabbis in the temple at Jerusalem. Then the Scriptures give no record of his life until He appeared at the age of 30 at the River Jordan when baptized by John. Where was he between the ages of 12 and 30? There are historical records that will help furnish answers to these questions? The Cathedral at Glastonbury and the surrounding area in Southwest England, offers evidence that our Lord visited there during those silent years.

The British Isles are rich in early Christian history and offers evidence that it was chosen of God in the life of the Apostolic Church as the nation to receive the Gospel of Christ. Therefore, it should not be surprising that our Lord Himself would go there with His mother after the death of her husband Joseph.

E. Raymond Capt, Bible scholar and archeologist described their arrival in Britain.

“Arriving first on the Western coast land of England, before making their way inland to a place near the present town of Glastonbury, once known as the Isle of Avalon, here Joseph of Arimathaea established a home for Mary and the boy Jesus. The site of which is covered today by the ruins of the great Glastonbury Abbey, which is the oldest religious foundation in the British Isles.”

It is believed that Jesus Himself helped build a wattle church on that very spot and its ruins must have been in existence at the time of Augustine's visit to Britain in AD 597 as he referred to it in a letter to Pope Gregory in Rome.