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The Church in the Dark Ages Worksheet
chapter two, pp. 97-118

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1. Attila was confronted by _______ in 452 A.D., as he prepared to sack Rome. Thereafter, the _____ became a major political player in European politics.
2. The Roman Catholic Church traces the papacy back to _______.
3. The pope, from the start, has been known as the Bishop of ________.
4. Pope ________ sent St. Patrick to evangelize the Irish people.
5. The first ________ was completed during the papacy of Pope Leo I.
6. In 455 A.D. the _______ invaded Italy and seized Rome.
7. Above all, Leo I was the pope of _________.
8. In the years between 454-476 A.D. many Roman emperors were ___________.
9. _________ killed the last Roman emperor in the West, _______________. This took place in _____ A.D. The conquering Barbarian king asked the emperor of the East for the title of _________.
10. The bishops of Rome in the 5th century began to express the view that the authority of _____ took precedence over the authority of the king.
11. By the end of the 5th century A.D., the ___________ had conquered all of Italy under their leader ___________.
12. The __________ controlled much of Gaul (modern-day France) and Spain by the end of the 5th century.
13. The Franks began to assert themselves in north Gaul after 481 A.D. under a young king named _________. His ________ into the Roman Catholic Church was a turning point in the conversion of the Barbarians.
14. There was not another emperor in the West from 476 A.D. until the time of ______________ in 800 A.D.
15. Initially, many of the Barbarians were not Roman Catholics, but __________.
16. Theodoric was king of the ______________.
17. Theodoric spoke ________ and _________.
17. Theodoric put to death _________, author of The Consolation of Philosophy, for allegedly hatching a Catholic plot against him.
18. Theodoric also had Pope _________ thrown into a dungeon, where he later died.

Short Answer

1. What tasks did Pope Leo I undertake in the year following the collapse of the Roman Empire?





2. How did the Vandal leader Genseric persecute the Catholic Church in North Africa?