The Bible, Monastery Libraries, and Western Culture

" The power of the printed word, and the value of the Library,"
says the book A History Of Libraries in the Western World,'
" is nowhere better illustrated then in the rise, spread and durability of the Christian religion.
" What is the relationship between the development of libraries and the spread of Christianity ?

After the Roman Empire disintergrated and the contents of it's grand libraries were destroyed or dispersed,
Christendom's monasteries emerged throughout Europe and gathered
remnants of theses ancient libraries.

One key activity of many of these monasteries was the copying of
Bible manuscripts as well as others by hand.
The Benedictine monasteries, for example ,
lived by the" Rule of St Benedictine ,
" which commanded the reading and copying of books.

Libraries in Constantinople stored and produced copies of ancient
manuscripts that eventually reemerged in Italy.