The Catholic Church was established, or re-established,[5] in this realm in the year {8} 597.[6] It was established by St. Augustine, afterwards the first Archbishop of Canterbury. How do we know this? By documentary evidence. This is the only evidence which, in such a case, is final. If it is asked when, and by whom, our great public schools were established, the answer can be proved or disproved by documents. If, for instance, it is asked when, and by whom, _Winchester_ was established, documents, and documents only, {9} can answer the question---and documents definitely reply: in 1387, by William of Wykeham; if it is asked when, and by whom, _Eton_ was established, documents answer: in 1441, by Henry VI; if it is asked when, and by whom, _Harrow_ was established, documents respond: in 1571, by John Lyon; if it is asked when, and by whom, _Charterhouse_ was established, documents again reply: in 1611, by Sir Thomas Sutton. It can all be proved by, and only by, documentary evidence. So with the sects. Documents can prove that the Congregationalists established themselves in England in 1568, under Robert Brown; Quakers in 1660, under George Fox; Unitarians in 1719, under Samuel Clarke; Wesleyans in 1799, under a Wesleyan Conference. Records exist proving that these various sects were established at these given dates, and no records exist proving that they were established at any other dates. So with the Church. Records exist proving that it was established by Augustine, in England, in 597, and no records exist even hinting that it was established at any other time by anybody else. {10} "_As by Law Established._"[7]