Question

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

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

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 preserved solely religious texts by storing them in monasteries.
It preserved solely religious texts by storing them in monasteries.

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

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 option accurately reflects the role of the Catholic Church and monastic communities in preserving ancient texts during and after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Monks and convents were instrumental in copying and maintaining not only religious texts but also classical works from Greek and Roman cultures.