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Quote: Christianity has been historically intertwined with Western civilization. However, it is difficult to decide what its effects were. Through its long history, the church has been a major source of social services like schooling. Several universities in the world were founded by the Church,[1] some historians of science,[2][3][4] have argued that the Church had a significant, positive influence on the development of science.[5][6] Some of the Church's priests have contributed to science.[7] Church encourages medical care and welfare services and had influence in economic;[8]: inspiration for culture and philosophy; and influential player in politics and religion. Engineering and mathematics was highly advanced and its reflected through the evolution of architecture in the Middle Ages. In various ways it has sought to affect Western attitudes to vice and virtue in diverse fields. It has, over many centuries, promulgated the teachings of Jesus within the Western World and remains a source of continuity linking modern Western culture to classical Western culture. The Bible and Christian theology have also strongly influenced Western philosophers and political activists.[9][10] The teachings of Jesus, such as the Parable of the Good Samaritan, are among the important sources for modern notions of Human rights and the welfare measures commonly provided by governments in the West.[11] Long held Christian teachings on sexuality and marriage have also been influential in family life. Christianity played a role in ending practices such as human sacrifice, slavery,[12] infanticide and polygamy.[13] Christianity in general affected the status of women by condemning infanticide (female infants were more likely to be killed), divorce, incest, polygamy, birth control, abortion and adultery.[14] While official Church teaching[15] considers women and men to be complementary. Christians also have played a role in affecting features of the Islamic civilization.[16] The cultural influence of the Church has been vast. Festivals like Easter and Christmas are marked universally as public holidays; Pope Gregory XIII's Gregorian Calendar has been adopted internationally. Year numbering in the West is taken from the assumed date of the birth of the Church's founder, Jesus of Nazareth. In the list of the 100 most influential people in human history there are 65 Christian figures from various fields.[17] However, for most of the time the great majority of people in the West were Christian, so that is not a surprising figure.