Quick, Grab the Nearest Book!

"Nor is its [the Church's] importance confined to the Dark Ages from A.D 500-1000; it remains characteristic in some degree of medieval culture as a whole and its effects are still traceable in the later history of Western Europe." (Christopher Dawson's Religion and the Rise of Western Culture)

Follow the herd:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.

(Found at TulipGirl.)