FOOTNOTES
[1] Webster, Readings in Medieval and Modern History, chapter iii, "The Benedictine Rule"; chapter iv, "The Reestablishment of Christianity in Britain"; chapter v, "St. Boniface, Apostle to the Germans."
[2] The correspondence may be indicated as follows:
The Roman Empire The Christian Church
City—Municipal officials. Bishop.
Province—Governor. Archbishop, or Metropolitan.
Diocese—Vicar. Patriarch.
Prefecture—Prefect. (No corresponding division.)
[3] See page 235.
[4] See page 258.
[5] See page 236.
[6] See page 284.
[7] John, xx, i, 19; compare I Corinthians, xvi, 2.
[8] See page 235 and note 1.
[9] See Acts, ii, 1-4.
[10] See page 239, note 1.
[11] In modern India (Malabar) there are no less than 400,000 Syrian Christians who owe their religion to Nestorian missionaries.
[12] See page 362.
[13] See page 236.
[14] See pages 248-249.
[15] See page 322.
[16] Servus servorum Dei.
[17] See pages 305-307.
[18] From a Greek word which means "living alone."
[19] See Tennyson's poem, St. Simeon Stylites.
[20] From a Syrian word, abba, meaning "father." Hence a monastery was often called an abbey.
[21] Other monastic orders arose during the later Middle Ages (see pages 449, 452), but the Benedictines still exist, chiefly in Austria and Italy. Their order was introduced into the United States during the nineteenth century.
[22] Laborare est orare.
[23] For the missionary work of Celtic Christians see page 323 and note 1.
[24] See page 236.
[25] See pages 304-305.
[26] See pages 322-325.
[27] See page 308.
[28] Cyril and Methodius were canonized by Pope Leo XIII in 1881 A.D. A millenial celebration of the two apostles was held in 1863 A.D. by the people of Moravia and Bohemia.
[29] See page 335. The Bulgarians also got their Christianity from Constantinople in the ninth century.
[30] See pages 217, 223.
[31] See page 376.
[32] Unsuccessful attempts to heal the schism between the two churches took place in the Middle Ages. The latest movement in this direction was made by Pope Leo XIII in 1894 A.D., but his efforts were not crowned with success.
[33] See page 186, note 2.
[34] Many Roman Catholics are found in Croatia-Slavonia, Bosnia, Dalmatia, and Albania.
[35] See page 148, note 2.