Devotion to the Christ during the Dark Ages

Eventually Europe was settled by the Goths who accidentally plunged it into the dark ages. Fortunately, the Catholic Church’s Monasteries grew in number and they kept records and preserved civilization from the invading armies. These barbarians were favorably influenced by the good Monks and Nuns of the Monasteries and were persuaded by their Christian example and converted to Catholic Church. These previously “barbaric’ peoples became very faithful and devout and it was they who built the many beautiful “Gothic” Cathedrals of Central Europe.