Lesson 8 Flashcards
• They farmed and built relationships with nonbelievers,
resulting in pagans often inquiring about the true God.
Medieval monastery - Monks and Missionaries
• Medieval monks and nuns
He wanted to
establish a monastery that would not be controlled by
nobles, lords, or kings.
Duke William III of Aquitaine, France
A monk named ______ said the best place for a
monastery was Cluny, Duke William’s hunting grounds.
• The Duke freed his hunting dogs and deeded his land
to the “apostles Peter and Paul.”
Berno
• was an important theologian and
monk in the eastern Empire.
• inherited a powerful political position in the
Muslim-controlled nation of Syria.
John of Damascus
The court that cut off John’s right hand and exiled
him to a monastery.
The Muslim court
In 862, the king of Moravia asked for missionaries to
come to the lands now known as the _____________.
Czech Republic
The ______ __ ______________, in the eastern Empire,
sent Cyril and his brother Methodius.
Bishop of Constantinople
developed an alphabet so they could translate
the Bible into the Moravian language.
Unfortunately, the Moravians could not understand
Cyril’s translations
Cyril
In the 1100s, some Roman Catholic monks and nuns
emphasized direct experiences with God that were ________ and ________.
Mystical and Personal
Who are the two influential saints?
St. Bernard of Clairvaux and St. Hildegard of Bingen
How many monks from Cluny founded a new
monastery in Cistertium, France?
Twenty-one
joined the Cistercian
Order. Mystics among Monks and Nuns
And emphasized the love of God as well as the
need for Christians to love God personally and
intimately.
Bernard/Bernard of Clairvaux
A traveling merchant in France. Who committed his life to Christ, sold his
possessions, and financed a French translation of the
New Testament.
Waldo
People who studied the Scriptures and
rejected both purgatory and the pope’s supreme
power are called?
Waldensians
was a soldier and the son of a wealthy cloth merchant.
Francis of Assisi
An order of mendicant that Francis found would become known as?
Franciscans
a nun who took up the Franciscan
lifestyle; her order became known as the “Poor Clares.”
Clare
Scholasticism also arose in the 1000s
The Rise of the Scholastics
known as the “Father of
Scholasticism.”
Anselm of Canterbury
A group of people who blended elements of classical philosophy
with the study of Christian theology.
Scholastics
he became both a monk and the supreme scholar
of his era.
His Summa Theologica, though never finished, fills
more than 4,000 pages.
Thomas Aquinas
