Early Christian Influencers
His instructions for monastic communities, Institutes, was influential on Benedict.
Who is Cassian?
Vows of poverty, chastity, and _________ are required of Benedictine monks?
What is stability?
Monasticism began as scattered individuals praying in this type of region
What is a desert?
What is Rome?
This emperor, and later enemy of the church, reorganized the empire leaving Rome changed forever.
Who is the Emperor Diocletian?
In a letter to Eulogius, this Pope mentions the Patriarch's prayers being where he is not and his holy deeds where he is.
Who is Gregory?
Great founder of the monasticism movement
Who is Antony?
Gregory the Great sent missionaries to this country to re-Christianize it in 597
What is England (or Britain)?
A theologian, who held Paul of Tarsus in high esteem, he is among the most influential on Western Christian thought.
Who is Augustine?
Described as seeking sainthood, this scholar produced a Latin biblical text as well as Biblical commentaries.
Who is Jerome?
The Rules of St. Benedict say this vice more than any thing else should be "cut off root and branch from the monastery"
What is property?
This military leader turned Arian "monarch" sophisticate reported to the Byzantine emperor after he seized Ravenna in 493
Who is Theoderic?