在欧洲文明进程中,基督教不仅是一种社会意识形态,而且是一种特殊的社会组织,在政治、经济、思想、文化等许多领域都具有强大的控制力。图书馆事业也受到很大影响,出现了基督教图书馆,按设置地点分为修道院图书馆,大教堂图书馆、教皇图书馆等类型。它们都隶属于教会,随着教会势力的强弱而兴衰。中世纪,基督教图书馆成为仅存的社会学术文化中心,对以后的图书馆事业也产生了一定影响。因此,基督教图书馆是西方图书馆史的研究对象之一。本文将其发展历史划分为三个阶段,探讨基督教图书馆在各阶段的特点与作用,并试图从 In the process of European civilization, Christianity is not only a social ideology, but also a special kind of social organization with strong control in many fields such as politics, economy, ideology and culture. Library business has also been greatly affected, there Christian Library, according to the set site is divided into monastery library, cathedral library, the Pope Library and other types. They belong to the church and rise and fall with the power of the Church. In the Middle Ages, the Christian Library became the only social academic and cultural center, which also had some influence on the future library. Therefore, Christian Library is one of the research objects in the history of Western Library. This article divides its development history into three stages, explores the characteristics and functions of Christian libraries at all stages,