Chapter 4, 7 Names

Question 1

Monk who taught that humans have the natural ability to please God. Denounced by a local council in Carthage (418) and by the Council of Ephesus.

Answer 1

Pelagius (died 420)

Question 2

Theologian from Antioch who held some Nestorian views. His writings were included in the Three Chapters.

Answer 2

Theodore of Mopsuetia (350-428)

Question 3

North African overseer. Greatest theologian of his era.

Answer 3

Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

Question 4

Father of Western monasticism. Wrote The Rule of Benedict, a manual for monks. Founded religious communities near Monte Cassino, Italy, with his sister Scholastica.

Answer 4

Benedict of Nursia (480-550)

Question 5

Irish missionary, founder of Iona monastery.

Answer 5

Columba (521-597)

Question 6

First Roman bishop to attain the status that would later be linked with the title “pope.” The sixty-fourth pope for Roman Catholics.

Answer 6

Gregory (540-604)

Question 7

Monk sent by Pope Gregory I to begin new churches in England after barbarians destroyed previous missionaries’ work.

Answer 7

Augustine of Canterbury (died, 605)