{"id":6414,"date":"2024-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=6414"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:24:09","slug":"silent-champions-how-catholic-monasteries-quietly-shaped-the-global-spread-of-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/silent-champions-how-catholic-monasteries-quietly-shaped-the-global-spread-of-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Wie Kl\u00f6ster das Christentum verbreiteten: M\u00f6nche, Missionen und B\u00fccher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Monasteries spread Christianity by sending out monks, who preached and then built new monasteries where they settled. Irish monks from Iona preached in Northumbria, Roman monks baptized the king of Kent, English monks worked among the Germans and Byzantine monks gave the Slavs an alphabet. Each house taught, copied books, farmed, took in travelers and trained the next missionaries. The faith went from house to house the way a book was copied, each scribe taking up where the last one\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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