[gondramB]

>>Look, until the Irish re-established Christianity throughout Western and Northern Europe, the Roman Catholic Church had only the most tenous of existence.

They could very well have lost the battle with the Irish ~

I don't think you really want to credit the RCs with the redevelopment more attributable solely to Irish monks.<<

Oh, Lord... I'm not even happy with the false choice between whether the Greeks had science or whether the Church promoted science....

I darn sure am not gonna do church vs. church. :)

[muawiyah]

Sure you are ~ it's the Iris vs. RCs.

I know no one likes to talk about this one, but it explains European history in the Middle Ages.