The movement called Humanism reintroduced a love for literature, history, the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, Plato, and the Bible into Catholic Christendom. These "human" as opposed to "divine" studies helped to enhance Catholic education enormously. They aided the growth of what is called "positive theology", studies of subjects like Church History. Dr. John Rao argues that a Christian Humanism of the sort praised by Ludwig von Pastor was real and useful. Taken from: Christianity in the Late Middle Ages-Early Renaissance - 1996 VonHildebrand Institute