Floods Upon The Dry Ground by Charles P. Schmitt

Study Questions: Chapter 7

1. Into what two main periods of Church history can the medieval era be divided?
   
   
2. What two principal reasons can be given for the rise of western Catholicism over eastern Catholicism, and the consequent rise of papal supremacy?
   
   
3. Why did the "conversion" of the barbarian tribes prove to be negative for the Catholic Church? In contrast, briefly describe the work of Patrick.
   
   
4. Discuss the cause of the rise of medieval monasticism. Name some outstanding anointed monastics. What positive contribution sprang from the monasteries?
   
   
5. Who are the four great architects of the medieval papal system?
   
   
6. Contrast briefly the character and thrust of the medieval Roman popes with that of the first-century apostles of Christ.
   
   
7. How successful was Gregory I and his emissary Augustine in bringing the British, Irish and Scottish Churches under papal authority?
   
   
8. Describe the nature and the extent of the "Paulician" movement.
   
   
9. What are the "Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals" and the Donations of Constantine? What was erected on these false foundations?
   
   
10. What was the long-standing basic cause of the Great Schism between the Greek Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church in 1054?
    
    
11. Name the five men whose theology still define Orthodox spirituality. Which of these five is considered a forerunner of Orthodox Renewal?
    
    
12. What basic New Testament truth is virtually absent from the history and theology of Orthodoxy? What emphasis is put in its place?
    
    
13. What period is known as the era of absolute papacy?
    
    
14. What wild and extreme declarations had Boniface VIII decreed which would cause the sovereign stroke of God's hand to fall on the papacy?