IDENTIFICATION
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| 1. Tradition and theory that justifies papal authority.
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| 2. Christian sect which believed that Christ was inferior to God the Father and not coeternal with Him.
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| 3. A bishop who ruled over any of several of the oldest and largest Christian communities, such as Antioch, Alexandria, and Constantinople.
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| 4. Autobiography of a famous theologian who held Church office in Africa.
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| 5. Name given to St. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible.
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| 6. A famous book joining classical and Christian ideals, whose author was put to death by the ruler he had served.
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| 7. A bishop of a large city whose authority extended over the clergy of an entire province.
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| 8. A lasting achievement of Justinian which includes "the most important lawbook that the world has ever seen."
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| 9. A Germanic people that established a kingdom in northwest Africa and sacked Rome in 455.
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| 10. Major work of a great Church father incorporating a philosophy of history predominant throughout the Middle Ages.
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MATCHING
Match the names (Column I) with the statements (Column II). Click the Key for the proper answer. (All dates are B.C.E.)
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| 1. Boethius | | A. Roman emperor who named his capital after himself and made the throne hereditary.
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| 2. Cassiodorus | | B. Fourth-century ascetic who laid down a set of rules for a monastic order widely followed in eastern Christendom.
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| 3. St. Simeon Stylites | | C. Native of Tarsus who proclaimed Christianity a universal religion and greatly expanded its early character.
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| 4. Constantine | | D. Roman aristocrat and polished Latinist whose writings forged a link between ancient Greek thinkers and the Middle Ages.
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| 5. St. Ambrose | | E. Monastic figure who did more than any other to establish the Benedictine monasteries as centers of learning and of transcribing texts.
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| 6. Galerius | | F. Last ruler of a united Roman Empire, cruel in vengeance but titled "the Great."
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| 7. Theodoric | | G. Archbishop of Milan who humbled this same Roman emperor (#7).
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| 8. St. Augustine | | H. Roman emperor who, after trying vainly to exterminate Christianity, issued an edict of toleration.
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| 9. St. Basil | | I. Extreme ascetic who spent nearly forty years on the top of a pillar.
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| 10. Theodosius I | | J. Founder of western monasticism whose rule was almost universally used in Latin Christendom.
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| 11. St. Benedict | | K. Bishop of Hippo and greatest of the Latin Church fathers whose writings have been held in esteem by both Roman Catholics and Protestants.
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| 12. Paul | | L. Ostrogothic conqueror who gave Italy an intelligent and progressive rule in contrast to many native Roman emperors.
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