GCT TEST REVIEW
THIS IS ONLY A TEST – FINAL ESSAYS ARE DUE DAY OF EXAM
(OR NIGHT BEFORE ON EMAIL!)
Gregory the Great:
1. What was the state of Rome during the reign of Gregory the Great?
2. During this time, what was the unifying force for order in the Roman empire?
3. Gregory converted his home into a ___________ before becoming Pope.
4. How did the Pope before Gregory die?
5. What did Gregory do for the both the liturgy and the clergy after he was elected Pope?
6. What form of music was initiated by Gregory in the Catholic Church?
7. To whom did Gregory send missionary monks?
8. What did Gregory want to have happen to pagan temples?
9. Gregory is a father and _________________ of the Church?
10. According to Gregory, how were his people and Bishops supposed to treat the Jews?
11. What, most likely, caused Gregory’s death?
12. Did Gregory actually invent Gregorian chant? Explain.
13. How many lines does a “staff” have in Gregorian chant?
14. What is solfege?
15. Chant is written in 8 different ____________.
16. Chant notes are called, “______________.”
17. The rhythm of Gregorian chant sounds like ….
18. What are some of the effects of chant on the body and soul?
19. What is the name of the famous Advent chant we listened to?
Dionysius the Areopagite:
1. Where does the name “Dionysius” (or Denis) first appear in Christian history?
2. The writings of Dionysius are found in the “Dionysian _________.”
3. The author writes of New Testament characters (including Apostles) as if he knew them
personally. Yet how do we know that it was impossible that he wrote in the first century?
4. Dionysius wrote about apophatic Theology. What was that? 
5. Dionysius also wrote about the ___________ which is a great chain of spiritual beings,
the higher serving the lower.
6. Dionysius wrote about the importance of ____________ before studying Theology.
7. The Areopagus means “The Rock of ____________.”
8. In Acts, Paul spoke at the Areopagus and said that he noticed the Greeks had a shrine to
the __________ god.
9. What is Neoplatonism?
10. List and briefly explain the 9 choirs of angels.
Maximus the Confessor
1. What city was Max from originally?
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Max left his work as secretary for the empress to become a ______________.
Describe MONOPHYSITISM.
Describe MONOTHELITISM.
What did the emperor do to Maximus and the Pope?
How was Maximus tortured?
How did Maximus die?
What did the Council of Constantinople finally declare in 662 which contradicted the
MONOTHELITES?
9. When someone gossips about you, who should you hate?
10. Regarding Maximus’ Theology: What did Maximus do better than any other Father of
the Church?
John of Damascus
1. What is the iconoclasts heresy?
2. What did the Eastern Bishops do when the emperor outlawed religious icons throughout
the East?
3. John first worked for a Muslim caliph. What was his job?
4. John wrote a refutation against _____________________.
5. John noted that in the Old Testament God did not allow for an image of Himself, but that
changed with the ______________.
6. What is latria?
7. What is proskinesis?
8. What is hyperdulia?
9. What is dulia?
10. John said that the emperor’s mandate against icons was really class warfare against the
poor. Why was that?
11. John suspected that the hatred for religious images was rooted in a certain heresy that
despised the flesh and creation. Which heresy was that?
12. John was the last of the ___________________________.
13. How is Eastern Orthodox chant different than Gregorian chant?