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“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”
— Jesus · Matthew 28:19Cathedral schools to Harvard's ministry charter — the university as a Christian institution, and reading as a devotional drive.
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Engraved by N. Parr · Public domain · Private collection of S. Whitehead
Original image and licensing“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” One sentence, and the followers of a man with no school built the school system of a civilization — first cathedral and monastery schools, then the universities themselves: Bologna, Paris, Oxford, Cambridge, and across the ocean, Harvard with ministry in its founding charter.
The honest objection is on every card: other civilizations had places of learning long before. What the church added was the institution that grants degrees, governs itself, and outlives its founders — the university that spread worldwide. And under it all runs the drive that made ordinary people want to read: the Book.