11-14-2009, 05:00 AM
Actually, I'm not sure that all clergymen were literate. The monks were, yes, but the local priests and such weren't necessarily. They were trained in Church service and teaching, but due to the difficulty and length of time it took to transcribe books back then, most of them didn't even have a complete copy of the Bible.
I pointed that out to someone once and they countered with the training bit, but I feel inclined to mention that generally people's memories aren't quite that good.
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