Role of the Christian Church

Question 1

head of each Christian Community

Answer 1

Bishop

Question 2

Bishop’s area of jurisdiction

Answer 2

Bishopric or diocese

Question 3

bishops of 4 great cities held posotions of special power in church affairs

Answer 3

Alexandria, Rome, Jerusalem, and Antioch (believed to be founded by the original apostles)

Question 4

Jesus had given the keys to heaven to

Answer 4

Peter; chief apostle, first bishop of rome

Question 5

successors of peter

Answer 5

popes / papa “father”

Question 6

primary instrument of conversion

Answer 6

monastic movement (monasticism)

Question 7

man who sought to live a life divorced from the world

Answer 7

Monk — monachus “one who lives alone”

Question 8

he founded a monastic house & found a set of rules for everyday living

Answer 8

St. Benedict

Question 9

required to work hours everyday bc “idleness is the enemy of the soul”

Answer 9

monks

Question 10

gathered seven times

Answer 10

monks

Question 11

communal life

Answer 11

Benedictine life

Question 12

ruled the monastery

Answer 12

abbot

Question 13

women monks

Answer 13

nuns

Question 14

nuns lived and studied in a

Answer 14

convent

Question 15

monks lived in a

Answer 15

monastery

Question 16

head of the convent

Answer 16

abbesses

Question 17

many of them come from aristocratic families

Answer 17

abbesses

Question 18

founded the monastery of Whitby in 657

Answer 18

St. Hilda

Question 19

end of the fourth century; predominant religion

Answer 19

Christianity