The Catholic Church created the first universities. They were beacons of light, preservers and defenders of timeless truth. It is difficult for us to even imagine.
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No. From the start universities have been defenders of orthodox doctrine. That was part of their intended purpose, and it’s still part of their intended purpose. Independent thought has always flourished OUTSIDE of universities.
Those late medieval universities picked up the beacon from Persians and Arabs who had been preserving and defending the beacon during the THOUSAND YEARS when the Catholic Church had been squashing all science and sending armies to kill Persians and Arabs.
Polistra's Mill 