Church History

Chapter 5Building the City of God: Holiness in the Wilderness, Leadership in the World

Directions: The purpose of this study guide is to assist you in recognizing and noting important

material covered in the chapter. You should neatly write your responses on a separate sheet of

paper. This will become an important tool in helping you review for quizzes and exams through-

out the semester. You will receive a grade for your answers but it is most important as a review

resource. Write the review question on one line and your response on the following line. In most

instances, quoting the text is a good idea. Your responses should be in complete sentences using dark blue or black ink only.

Part One:Monasticism: The Quest for Holiness(pages 83-88)

A. Review Questions

  1. What questions did the early monks struggle with in their search for truth within the silence of the wilderness?
  2. What motivated Antony of Egypt to become a hermit?
  3. What drew people to seek Antony out in the Egyptian desert? How did he react to the notoriety?
  4. Explain what motivated the early monks and nuns to seek the monastic life.
  5. What were Basil’s contributions to monastic life?
  6. Who was Jerome and what was significance of his translation of the Bible?

B. Vocabulary

a)monasticism

b)hermits

c)contemplation

d)Latin Vulgate

C. Key Concepts, Events, Dates, People and Places

e)Antony of Egypt

f)Basil

Part Two: The Legacy of Ambrose and Augustine (pages 89-97)

A. Review Questions

  1. Explain the difference in emphasis between the desert monks and Christian intellectuals.
  2. What was remarkable about the selection of Ambrose as bishop of Milan?
  3. Describe two instances in which Ambrose stood up to imperial power.
  4. Trace the story of Augustine’s conversion.
  5. Describe parallels between the conversions of Saint Augustine and Thomas Merton.
  6. What did Augustine teach that refuted the Donatist’s belief about the sacraments?
  7. What was the Pelagians’ belief about how human beings are saved? What was Augustine’s response?
  8. How do members of Alcoholics Anonymous refute the claim of modern Pelagians?
  9. Explain Augustine’s understanding of “the city of God” and “the city of Man.”

B. Vocabulary:

g)grace

h)original sin

i)schismatic

C. Key Concepts, Events, Dates, People and Places

j)Manichaean

k)The Confessions

l)Donatists

  • 410 Rome falls to barbarians

Part Three: The Rising Influence of the Papacy(pages 98-101)

A. Review Questions

  1. What effect did the crumbling Roman Empire have on the church?
  2. What role for the papacy did Leo the Great create? Why was this role necessary?
  3. Describe the two incidents when Leo influenced affairs of state.
  4. What did the Council of Chalcedon state about Jesus?
  5. Why did Leo object to elevating the patriarch of Constantinople to second in authority after the pope?
  6. What three movements/developments of this period would have a lasting impact through the centuries?

B. Vocabulary:

m)Pontifex Maximus

n)pope

C. Key Concepts, Events, Dates, People and Places

o)Leo the Great

p)Attila the Hun

q)doctrine of the Incarnation

r)Council of Chalcedon