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Why did the Church sponsor universities?


to educate the common people


to train loyal government workers


to teach clergy theology and canon law


to develop the growth of academic thinking

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pbsindhuja

Answer: To teach clergy theology and canon law.


The Church sponsored universities in order to teach clergy theology and canon law. Various beliefs were included in the Canon law.

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The church sponsor universities to teach clergy theology and canon law. Option C is correct.

The Church played a central role in the establishment and encouragement of the university.

The university appeared in the High Middle Ages and were developed  at the height of Catholic Europe becoming a new phenomenon in European history.

The university was considered the only institution in Europe that showed consistent interest in the preservation and cultivation of knowledge, so, the Catholic church did too much in order to foster it.

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