CHAPTER 9 VOCABULARY

Question 1

Anthony of Egypt

Answer 1

brought together a group of solitary hermits to live in a community

Question 2

monastic life

Answer 2

a life dedicated to prayer, work, study, and the needs of society

Question 3

monastery

Answer 3

place where monks or nuns live

Question 4

Basil the Great

Answer 4

a great theologian whose writing helped to defeat the Arian heresy

Question 5

evangelical counsels

Answer 5

practice of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Question 6

Benedict of Nursia

Answer 6

founded a monastery for monks at Monte Cassino, Italy

Question 7

Scholastica

Answer 7

Benedict of Nursia’s sister, founded a nearby monastery for monks

Question 8

Pope Gregory the Great

Answer 8

reached out to pagan tribes and began the work of their conversion

Question 9

ecclesial

Answer 9

church

Question 10

Cyril and Methodius

Answer 10

brought the Good News of Jesus Christ to the territory from which many of the invading tribes had come

Question 11

Charlemagne

Answer 11

Holy Roman Emperor who reformed and strengthened the position of the Church’s bishops and had enabled the pope to have greater power and status

Question 12

schism

Answer 12

a division