STUDIES
1. In what different senses is the word "church" often used?
2. "The eastern patriarch was the shadow of the emperor, cast on the spiritual world." Explain this statement.
3. Why did heresies develop in the East rather than in the West?
4. Look up in the New Testament the following texts relating to the primacy of St. Peter: Matthew, xvi, 18-19; Luke, xxii, 31-32; and John, xxi, 15-17.
5. What is "the power of the keys" which the popes claim to possess?
6. What reasons for the growth of the Papacy have been set forth in this chapter?
7. In what non-Christian religions is monasticism an established institution?
8. Look up in the New Testament the following texts quoted as favorable to monasticism: Matthew, xix, 21; Mark, x, 29-30; and Luke, xiv, 26.
9. What is the origin of the words "monk," "hermit," "anchorite," and "abbot"?
10. Summarize the principal benefits which the monastic system conferred on Europe.
11. Give reasons for the rapid conversion of the Germans to Christianity.
12. In what sense is it true that "half Europe owes its Christianity to women"?
13. Who was the "Apostle to the Germans"?
14. Who were the "Apostles to the Slavs"?
15. Comment on the significance to European civilization of the missionary activity of the Christian Church in the Middle Ages.
16. Why has the separation of the Greek and Roman churches been described as "the most momentous fact in the history of Christendom during the Middle Ages"?
17. Why could not such an institution as the Papacy develop in the East?