Question

Which of the following best illustrates how the Catholic Church preserved works from ancient cultures?(1 point)
Responses

It paid Muslim scholars from the Middle East to create copies of Greek and Roman works.
It paid Muslim scholars from the Middle East to create copies of Greek and Roman works.

It gave convents control over replicating ancient manuscripts.
It gave convents control over replicating ancient manuscripts.

It saved texts after the Western Roman Empire’s fall and tasked monks with making copies.
It saved texts after the Western Roman Empire’s fall and tasked monks with making copies.

It preserved solely religious texts by storing them in monasteries.

Answer 1

The response that best illustrates how the Catholic Church preserved works from ancient cultures is:

**It saved texts after the Western Roman Empire’s fall and tasked monks with making copies.**

This accurately reflects the role of the Church, particularly through monasteries, in preserving and replicating ancient manuscripts, including both religious and secular texts, during and after the decline of the Western Roman Empire.