Patrick... understood that, though Christianity was not inextricably wedded to Roman custom, it could not survive without Roman literacy. (Thomas Cahill)

Patrick... understood that, though Christianity was not inextricably wedded to Roman custom, it could not survive without Roman literacy.

Thomas Cahill

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