Kama una hamu ya kujua historia ya ukristo, nenda kasome degree of Divinity kwenye vyuo vikuu vya Roma. Kwa kibali maalum utapata access ya maktaba kuu ya Ukristo, ambako utakutana na maandiko mengi ta kale, yaliyoandikwa kwa manyoya, na mengi yakiwa kwente mbao na mawe. Maktaba ile ambayo urefu wake ni kilometa 85. Lakini ili uweze kuelewa, ni vema ukasome kwanza Greek, Aramaic, Hebrew na Latin, maana maandiko ya kale apo kwenye lugha hizo.
The Vatican Library (
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) and
Vatican Apostolic Archive (often confused but separate) hold vast collections: the Library has over 1.6 million printed books, 80,000 manuscripts, and 8,600 incunabula, while the Archive boasts over 85 kilometers (53 miles) of shelving for centuries of historical documents. The Archive's holdings are so extensive they're stored in underground vaults, including the "Bunker," housing documents spanning twelve centuries.
The Vatican Library houses some of the world's oldest manuscripts, including the
Codex Vaticanus (4th century), the oldest nearly complete Greek Bible, and earlier papyri like
Hanna Papyrus 1 (P75) from the early 3rd century, containing parts of the Gospels. Other treasures include 4th-century Virgil manuscripts, like the illustrated
Vergilius Vaticanus, and even first-century documents, making its collection exceptionally ancient.