This is a set of regulations meant to govern the monastic life.
What is a monastic rule?
100
This is the only pope explicitly mentioned in this chapter.
Who is Leo the Great?
100
This council was called in 451 AD.
What is the Council of Chalcedon?
200
Before becoming the bishop of his city, this was Ambrose's profession.
What is Governor (Mayor) of Milan?
200
This was Augustine's chosen profession.
What is rhetoric/oratory?
200
This set of regulations still governs monasteries in Eastern Christianity, notably those in Russia.
What is the Rule of St. Basil?
200
In addition to his ecclesiastical and theological significance, Pope Leo I has been given the title, "The Great," because of his significance in this dimension of life.
What is politics/military?
200
At the previous Council of Nicaea (325 AD), the Church had determined that Jesus definitely is this.
What is God?
300
In order to become the bishop of his city, Ambrose first had to do this.
What is covert to Christianity?
300
This was Augustine's mother.
Who is St. Monica?
300
This document displaced previous monastic regulations in Western Europe, largely because it was more balanced and less harsh.
What is the Rule of St. Benedict?
300
Leo the Great is famous for persuading this man, the leader of the Huns, not to invade Italy.
Who is Attila?
300
The primary result of the Council of Chalcedon was the affirmation that Jesus has two of these: human AND divine.
What are natures?
400
The feast of St. Ambrose is celebrated every year on this day.
What is December 7?
400
Before converting to Christianity, Augustine chose this as his religion.
What is Manichaeanism?
400
St. Benedict left his first monastery because the monks there tried to do this.
What is "poison him"?
400
In addition to his encounter with the Huns, Leo the Great also dissuaded this other group from invading Italy.
Who are the Vandals?
400
This term refers to the belief that Jesus has only one, divine nature.
What is monophysitism?
500
Ambrose stood up to Emperor Theodosius and refused to celebrate Mass in his presence because Theodosius had ordered the killing of 7,000 people in this Greek city.
What is Thessaloniki (Thessalonica)?
500
Augustine was an early proponent of this practice, which is now widespread in Catholicism, but was not common in his own time.
What is infant baptism?
500
These are three branches of the Benedictine monastic tradition.
What are the Cistercians, the Trappists, and the Camaldolese?
500
The Pope was called on to participate in the political affairs of the Empire primarily because of this.
What is the Roman Empire's inability to defend its own borders?
500
These modern-day Egyptian Christians trace their theological roots back to a group that was condemned by the Council of Chalcedon.