Christian Library
Christian Theological libraries have their origins in the Jewish religion whose practice and transmission depended on the keeping and duplication of sacred texts. Like Judaism, Christianity depends fundamentally on the preservation and study of a sacred text. From this it follows that the texts and the secondary literature will be collected for the use of the literate members of the religious communities and passed on to succeeding generations.
Read more about Christian Library: Early Christian Libraries, Libraries in The Monastic Setting, The Later Middle Ages, The Twentieth Century and Beyond: Growth, Retrenchment, Redefinition, Summary
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