Question 1

Under Pope Leo IX, the Eastern and Western churches formally broke communion with each other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

How was early Irish Christianity different from the rest of Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  It did not have bishops or priests 
B)  It had a different set of scriptures 
C)  It centered on monasteries 
D)  It lacked a hierarchical structure 
A)  It did not have bishops or priests 
B)  It had a different set of scriptures 
C)  It centered on monasteries 
D)  It lacked a hierarchical structure C

Question 3

What does the author believe about Pope Gregory I?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was one of the most outstanding popes of the late patristic age 
B)  He was the most scandalous popes of the late patristic age 
C)  He seems to have wanted to be pope to check the emperor's power 
D)  He was one of the weakest popes in the late patristic age 
A)  He was one of the most outstanding popes of the late patristic age 
B)  He was the most scandalous popes of the late patristic age 
C)  He seems to have wanted to be pope to check the emperor's power 
D)  He was one of the weakest popes in the late patristic age A

Question 4

Visigothic king Reccared refused to accept the bishops' insistence of taking on a Catholic Christianity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Does Islam have a just war tradition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yes, it is virtually identical to Christianity's 
B)  Yes, though it is framed very differently than Christianity's 
C)  No, the author said they do not have the theological resources 
D)  No, every Muslim nation made up its own rules 
A)  Yes, it is virtually identical to Christianity's 
B)  Yes, though it is framed very differently than Christianity's 
C)  No, the author said they do not have the theological resources 
D)  No, every Muslim nation made up its own rules

Question 6

What did Pope Leo III do to Charlemagne?

Accepted Answer

A)  Declare him Universal Overlord 
B)  Declare him Pontifex Maximus ("Greatest Bridge-builder") 
C)  Declare him Imperator Romanorum ("Emperor of the Romans") 
D)  He gave Charlemagne the right to choose popes 
A)  Declare him Universal Overlord 
B)  Declare him Pontifex Maximus ("Greatest Bridge-builder") 
C)  Declare him Imperator Romanorum ("Emperor of the Romans") 
D)  He gave Charlemagne the right to choose popes

Question 7

Pippin III gave the pope rule over northern Italy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to the author, there were four major crusades to the Holy Land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What collective name did the Romans give to the Goths, Vandals, Lombards, and Burgundians?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germans 
B)  Barbarians 
C)  Pagans 
D)  Outsiders 
A)  Germans 
B)  Barbarians 
C)  Pagans 
D)  Outsiders

Question 10

Charlemagne built his capital in modern-day Munich.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What strategy did the Romans have from about 100-400 to keep the Germanic peoples at bay?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Romans fed them during various famines 
B)  Intermarriage with Roman princes 
C)  Divide and conquer 
D)  The Romans educated them 
A)  The Romans fed them during various famines 
B)  Intermarriage with Roman princes 
C)  Divide and conquer 
D)  The Romans educated them

Question 12

The author claims that the rule under Pope Gregory VII was particularly rife with nepotism (promotion of family members).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

When Pope Urban II preached the first crusade, he literally said that Christ commanded it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What did the Donation of Constantine include?

Accepted Answer

A)  The bishop of Rome was to be named articulator of orthodoxy 
B)  The bishop of Rome was to have universal jurisdiction over the church 
C)  The bishop of Rome was to have universal jurisdiction and was temporal ruler over all of Italy 
D)  The bishop of Rome was to be the Holy Roman Emperor 
A)  The bishop of Rome was to be named articulator of orthodoxy 
B)  The bishop of Rome was to have universal jurisdiction over the church 
C)  The bishop of Rome was to have universal jurisdiction and was temporal ruler over all of Italy 
D)  The bishop of Rome was to be the Holy Roman Emperor

Question 15

What was symbolic about the Synod of Whitby's decision when to celebrate Easter?

Accepted Answer

A)  It allowed the faithful to take on the Julian calendar 
B)  It signaled they would be aligned with the practices of the universal church 
C)  It meant that bishops from Gaul (France) would be welcomed to England 
D)  It ultimately allowed England to become part of the Roman Empire 
A)  It allowed the faithful to take on the Julian calendar 
B)  It signaled they would be aligned with the practices of the universal church 
C)  It meant that bishops from Gaul (France) would be welcomed to England 
D)  It ultimately allowed England to become part of the Roman Empire

Question 16

While the author says that the papacy got mired in conflicting interests and political machinations, he also seems to defend, at least in some way, the papacy acting as a monarch in the Papal States. What are his reasons, and do you think his position is defensible?

Accepted Answer

The author seems to defend the papacy ac

Question 17

Pope Leo IX instituted a number of lasting church reforms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Carolingian dynasty lasted three hundred years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What do you think are the assets and liabilities integrating church and state?

Accepted Answer

The integration of church and state can

Question 20

Which great theologian and religious reformer enthusiastically preached the second crusade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Aquinas 
B)  Martin Luther 
C)  Aldous of Huxley 
D)  Bernard of Clairvaux 
A)  Thomas Aquinas 
B)  Martin Luther 
C)  Aldous of Huxley 
D)  Bernard of Clairvaux

Exam 11: The Church and the Western Empire

Under Pope Leo IX, the Eastern and Western churches formally broke communion with each other.

How was early Irish Christianity different from the rest of Christianity?

What does the author believe about Pope Gregory I?

Visigothic king Reccared refused to accept the bishops' insistence of taking on a Catholic Christianity.

Does Islam have a just war tradition?

What did Pope Leo III do to Charlemagne?

Pippin III gave the pope rule over northern Italy.

According to the author, there were four major crusades to the Holy Land.

What collective name did the Romans give to the Goths, Vandals, Lombards, and Burgundians?

Charlemagne built his capital in modern-day Munich.

What strategy did the Romans have from about 100-400 to keep the Germanic peoples at bay?

The author claims that the rule under Pope Gregory VII was particularly rife with nepotism (promotion of family members).

When Pope Urban II preached the first crusade, he literally said that Christ commanded it.

What did the Donation of Constantine include?

What was symbolic about the Synod of Whitby's decision when to celebrate Easter?

While the author says that the papacy got mired in conflicting interests and political machinations, he also seems to defend, at least in some way, the papacy acting as a monarch in the Papal States. What are his reasons, and do you think his position is defensible?

Pope Leo IX instituted a number of lasting church reforms.

The Carolingian dynasty lasted three hundred years.

What do you think are the assets and liabilities integrating church and state?

Which great theologian and religious reformer enthusiastically preached the second crusade?

Introduction

The Old Testament

Jesus and the New Testament

Development of Christianity in the New Testament

Christianity Becomes a Religion

The Life of the Early Church

The Imperial Church

The Great Fathers and the Quest for Union With God

Christianitys Spiritual Life

Expansion and Change in the East and North

Medieval Piety and the Rise of the Universities

The Renaissance

The Reformation

The Catholic Reformation

The Enlightenment: From Conflict to Tolerance

Colonization and Missions

Christianity in the United States to the Civil War

Modern Challenges to Christianity

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