About this episode

The episode discusses the role of monastic communities in preserving Christianity and Western culture during the Dark Ages following the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Once the Roman Empire collapsed at the hands of pagan barbarians, Christianity - and western culture - could have been in grave danger of disappearing from the European continent during the “Dark Ages,” were it not for the “light” of monastic communities.

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