Pope _____ reached out to the pagan tribes and began the work of their conversion.

Monasticism began in about the year 300, when _____ brought together a group of solitary hermits to live in community.

Two Greek brothers, _____, brought the good news of Jesus Christ to "barbarian" Europe in the ninth century.

_____ was a great theologian whose writings helped to defeat the Arians at the Council of Constantinople in 381.

During the seventh and eighth centuries, armies of Muslims conquered much of the Middle East, including the holy sites in _____.

In the tenth century a movement to reform monastic life began at the French monastery of Cluny.

Benedict of Nursia lived by the motto Ora et labora, which means "Pray and work" in Latin.

On Christmas Day, 800, Pope Leo III crowned Clovis, the leader of the Franks, as Holy Roman Emperor.

In 1054 a division, or schism, took place in Catholicism, separating the Church in the eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire.

Basil the Great appointed a monk named Alcuin to set up a school of religious studies at the palace at Aachen, in modern-day Germany.

The Catholic Church today consists of fourteen Churches: the Roman Catholic Church and thirteen Eastern Catholic Churches.

_____ is a life dedicated to prayer, work, study, and the needs of society.

The Emperor Charlemagne launched a reorganization of the Church's _____ , or governing body.

_____ is a word that means "of or relating to the Church."

Under the rule of Basil the Great, monks promised to practice poverty, chastity, and obedience, which are called the _____

Pope Gregory the Great was involved in the development of the _____, a book that would guide the celebration of Mass and the other sacraments for many centuries to come.

A _____ is a place where monks or nuns live.