The dark age is described as the period between when the early church and the modern church was threatened and heavily persecuted. In those time, it was a crime if you identify with Christians, else you would be killed or face tough persecution, until finally, some group of those who loves the Christians race got into power. Then they established the Catholic church, but with governmental powers, after much battling and protest that the common man should have the Bible by a Catholic scholar John Wycliffe, who claimed the Catholics preached the Bible out of contest. He advocated that everyone should have a copy of the Bible, and he was the first person to translate the Bible.

Most of the works that were done in those period was not to understand what Christianity was because to those on the listening side, they didn't have the Bible except they hear from the mouth of the priest. Moreso, those that have the Bible only consider it as a book, which they cunningly use to exploit the uninformed mass. This is a truthful saying and worthy of all acceptation that my people are destroyed because of the lack of knowledge. John Wycliffe having faced many charges, withdrew to translating the Bible, the new testament.

After the survival of the remnants, Christianity took form and knowledge came, when knowledge came, light was flooded in the heart of men. Until finally, men longed for more of God with the Lord confirming their words with signs following. S

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your op isn't totally true, hope you know that.