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The term comes from the Greek word monos, meaning “alone” or “single;” the movement of men and women away from the world to pursue holiness |
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One of the earliest of the religious pioneers; he moved to the desert around the year 270 C.E., while he was still a young man |
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One who lives in solitude for religious reasons |
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Being silently present or attentive to the loving God |
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A fourth-century monk and bishop; he recognized that the practices of monastic life should not be determined by individual monks’ ideas of what would lead to holiness |
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A fourth-century monk who lived as a hermit, made a tremendous contribution to the life of the Church through his scholarship, especially his study and translation of the Bible |
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The Latin version of the Bible |
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His most influential work is called The City of God |
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Governor of Milan who became bishop due to popular demand |
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A follower of Manichaeism |
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A belief that one god created good and another created evil, and that therefore no one was responsible for his or her sins |
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Leo I; he stands out as shaping the role of the papacy into a force for leadership of the Western world |
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Leo the Great became pope |
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A Greek term; a respectful but affectionate term for “father” |
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The belief that Jesus is both God and man |
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Patriarch of Constantinople |
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The bishop of Constantinople |
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The bishops at this council rejected the notion that Jesus did not have a human nature; they stated that Jesus has two natures, human and divine – that He is a real human and the real Son of God |
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