A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:

On 15-Feb-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

In fact, the Catholic church, through the Jesuit order is largely responsible
for dragging the world out of the Dark Ages.

While the Jesuits have long been educated and open to new ideas, that claim
is pure hyperbole.

Who else was preserving knowledge and passing it on during the Dark Ages in
Europe? Anyone?

Nope. Just the Catholic Church.

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