In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold discusses the myth and reality of the Middle Ages.   Western civilization is commonly divided by historians into three very broad periods: classical antiquity, the Catholic Middle Ages, and the Modern Period, ushered in by the Reformation and the loss of Catholic unity in Europe. From a Catholic point of view, it is clear that the Middle Ages must represent the high point of these three periods, for it is the period in which God’s Revelation, conserved in the Catholic Church, was the leaven of society and civilization. Classical antiquity served as a certain providential preparation for the Gospel, of which it was inculpably ignorant, whereas the Modern Period is a history of increasing rejection of the Gospel in society. Of course, the modern world evaluates these three periods in a radically different way. They see the Middle Ages as the worst of these three periods, as a valley set between classical antiquity and modernity.    For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a donation at https://www.mileschristi.org/donations/ For Spiritual Exercises (silent Ignatian retreats) in your area visit https://www.mileschristi.org/spiritual-exercises/