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The Abacus and the Cross the shambling guides it hit a nerve amongThe medieval Catholic Church, widely considered a source of intolerance and inquisitorial fervor, was not anti science during the Dark Ages in fact, the pope in the year 1000 was the leading mathematician and astronomer of his day. Called "The Scientist Pope," Gerbert of Aurillac rose from peasant beginnings to lead the church. By turns a teacher, traitor, kingmaker, and visionary, Gerbert is the first Christian known to teach math using the nine