St Augustine
St. Augustine stole these with his friends.
What are pears?
The first ecumenical council outside of Biblical times.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
Constantine's law that legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire.
What is the Edict of Milan?
Our man who thought the empire was necessary but not good in the strict sense. He wrote of the "City of God" and the "City of Man"
Who is St. Augustine?
The term for male and female monastics (two answers).
What are monks and nuns?
St. Augustine's mother.
Who is St. Monica?
The man who called Nicaea I.
A popular depiction of Jesus in the early Church, featuring Jesus in a pastoral setting.
What is the good shepherd?
The bishop of Alexandria who opposed the Arians. He was exiled from his city five times.
Who is Athanasius?
The place where communal monasticism is practiced.
What is a monastery?
The philosopher who made Augustine desire wisdom.
Who is Cicero?
The arch-heretic who was condemned by Nicaea I.
Who is Arius?
The most popular style of early Christian art.
What are mosaics?
The schismatic movement in North Africa which believed that only morally pure priests could perform the sacraments.
What is Donatism?
The practice of self-denial, especially of food and other physical comforts.
What is asceticism?
Augustine went to Carthage to study this.
What is Rhetoric (public speaking)
The council that featured the kidnapping of Pope Vigilius.
What is Constantinople II?
The battle which made Constantine the Western Roman emperor.
What is the Battle of the Milvian Bridge?
The archbishop of Constantinople who got into a spat with the empress and died in exile.
Who is St. John Chrysostom?
Usually considered to be the first monk, he left Alexandria to live a life of prayer in the wilderness.
Who is St. Anthony of the Desert?
The city in which Augustine was born
What is Thagaste?
The council that declared that Jesus is one person with two natures.
What is Chalcedon?
The dominant style of Church after the legalization of Christianity.
What is a basilica?
Who is Eusebius of Caesarea?
The saint who lived the monastic life on top of a pillar in the Egyptian desert.
Who is St. Simeon the Stylite?