The History of Missions (6): The Spread of the Gospel Throughout Europe, A.D. 500–1000

The period from five hundred to one thousand after Christ is often referred to as The Dark Age. There was much corruption in the church, especially among the popes that controlled the church. Paganism and barbarianism still prevailed in much of the continent of Europe. And there was often a bitter struggle between the church and the pagans. One of the clerics of France wrote in the early part of the tenth century (909), "The cities are depopulated, the monasteries ruined and burned, the country...