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In 596 CE, Pope Gregory the Great sent Augustine of Canterbury on a mission to establish Christianity in the Saxon kingdoms. This mission would come to be greatly successful, with the Saxons converting to the religion that they originally destroyed during their invasion. From that point onwards, Christianity and its texts, holidays, and culture promulgated itself amongst the English at the behest of the priestly class. (The excerpt in this text was taken from The Cambridge Old English Reader) This was unlikely to have been achieved without the instruction of Christianity from those in the religious order to the local people. It would have been important to teach the English how to be a Christian, since adherence to common ideals and practices helps cement social order and commitment to the Church. With the added supposed benefit of bringing them their salvation. The Old English Sunday Letter, supposedly written by Christ to the clergy, is a document of such instruction. Its goal: to co