NAMES

Question 1

Frankish queen.
Led her husband, Clovis, to become a
Christian.

Answer 1

Clotilde (474-545)

Question 2

Frankish
battle-chief. Stopped Muslims from
conquering central Europe

Answer 2

Charles Martel (690-741)

Question 3

Monk.
Major contributor, with Theodulf of
Orleans,
to
the
“Carolingian
Renaissance,” Charlemagne’s effort to
decrease illiteracy and preserve ancient
texts

Answer 3

Alcuin of York (740-804)

Question 4

First king of Crusaders’ Latin (Roman)
Kingdom in Palestine which lasted until
1291 when Muslims conquered the port
of Acre.

Answer 4

Godfrey of Bouillon (died, 1100)

Question 5

One of
the most powerful bishops of Rome.
Claimed power over all secular rulers
(1201). Initiated the Fourth Lateran
Council (1215).

Answer 5

Pope Innocent III (1161-1216)

Question 6

Monk. First
English Christian poet. Retold Bible
stories in song.

Answer 6

Caedmon (died, 680)

Question 7

Christian scholar. Wrote a history of
English Christianity.

Answer 7

Bede the Venerable (673-735)

Question 8

“The Apostle of the
North.” Missionary to Sweden and
Denmark.

Answer 8

Anskar (801-865)

Question 9

English
king. Translated parts of the Bible into
English

Answer 9

Alfred the Great (846-899)

Question 10

Succeeded Berno as
the abbot (leading monk) of Cluny
monastery.

Answer 10

Odo (879-942)

Question 11

Professor
of theology until his affair with a
student named Heloise. Heloise’s uncle
attacked Abelard and had him castrated.
Afterward, Abelard retired to a
monastery where he wrote several
important doctrinal treatises.

Answer 11

Peter Abelard (1079-1143)

Question 12

Powerful abbot of Clairvaux monastery.
In 1128 he obtained approval for the
Knights Templar, an order of crusader
monks based at the Temple Mount in
Jerusalem.

Answer 12

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

Question 13

Franciscan
theologian.
Francis
of
Assisi’s
biographer.

Answer 13

Bonaventure(1217-1274)

Question 14

Scholastic
theologian.
Applied
Aristotle’s philosophy to Christian
doctrine. “Angelic Doctor” of Roman
Catholic Church.

Answer 14

Thomas Aquinas(1225-1274)

Question 15

Dominican monk and mystic. Sought
“the unspeakable basis of all reality”—a
point at which the soul becomes united
with God. Accused of heresy for his
unorthodox views in 1326.

Answer 15

Meister
Eckhart (1260-1328)

Question 16

Wrote that the church
derives its power from the state and that
church councils are superior to the pope.
Condemned as a heretic.

Answer 16

Marsilius (Marsiglio) of Padua
(1275-1342)

Question 17

Czech priest
and reformer. Burned at the Council of
Constance.

Answer 17

Jan Hus (1372-1415)

Question 18

Famous English nun and mystic.

Answer 18

Julian of Norwich (1342-1417)

Question 19

Italian humanist.
Proved The Donation of Constantine
was a forgery

Answer 19

Valla (1406-1457)

Question 20

Anabaptist writer. He and his wife were
killed for their faith.

Answer 20

Balthasar Hubmaier (1485-1528)

Question 21

First
reformer
to
support
laypeople’s
participation in church government.
Defended Zwingli’s view of the Lord’s
Supper at the Marburg Colloquy.

Answer 21

Oecolampadius (1482-1531)

Question 22

English Bible translator. His Bible
formed the basis for the King James
Version

Answer 22

William Tyndale(1494-1536)

Question 23

First reformer
to observe communion in the people’s
language. Debated Eck at Leipzig.

Answer 23

Carlstadt(1480-1541)

Question 24

Catholic theologian. Publicly criticized
Luther’s theology.

Answer 24

Johann Maier Eck(1486-1543)

Question 25

German reformer. Emphasized justification by grace through faith

Answer 25

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Question 26

German reformer. Tried to find a middle ground between Luther's and Zwingli's teachings about the Lord's Supper.

Answer 26

Martin Bucer (1491-1551)

Question 27

Systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation

Answer 27

John Calvin (1509-1564)

Question 28

Swiss reformer. Author of the Second Helvetic Confession, an important Calvinist statement of faith. Influenced the final form of the Heidelberg Catechism.

Answer 28

Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575)

Question 29

Succeeded Calvin as leader of the Genevan church.

Answer 29

Theodore Beza (1519-1605)

Question 30

Dominican preacher. Introduced moral reforms in Florence, Italy. Defended Catholicism but became entangled in a political conflict with the pope. Hanged as a heretic in 1498.

Answer 30

Girolamo Savonarola(1452-1498)

Question 31

Renaissance scholar and Roman Catholic priest. Compiled Textus Receptus Greek New Testament.

Answer 31

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam(1469?-1536)